Biden pushes Riyadh at a new point in the political game

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 President Joe Biden is considering Riyadh's need to adapt to Washington's new policy toward Saudi Arabia.

The Biden administration sets out its priorities in the Persian Gulf. The White House has recently taken a number of steps that show that US policy towards Saudi Arabia is tough.

In his first major foreign policy speech Feb. 4, delivered at the State Department, President Joe Biden said he’s ending support for the Saudi Arabian-led war in Yemen, and curtailing “offensive” arms sales to that country. 

Samuel Ramani, a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford who specializes in relations between Russia and Middle Eastern countries, told Nezavisimaya Gazeta Saudi Arabia expected such actions from Biden.

Biden promised to end US support for the war in Yemen, and Democrats enthusiastically resisted designating the Houthis as a terrorist organization.

The Saudi authorities were aware of the inevitability of these actions. To me, it seems that Biden's actions will lead to a fundamental disruption in US-Saudi relations.  

Rather, it means warning Saudi Arabia of the need to engage in activities that contribute to regional stability, such as negotiations with Qatar, and to refrain from destructive and destabilizing actions. According to him, these issues also show that the United States is not giving concessions to Saudi Arabia to confront Iran. 

"It is not clear whether Saudi Arabia will adapt to these new realities, but ultimately the United States and Saudi Arabia need each other," Ramani said.

Russia and China will not replace the United States as Saudi Arabia's security guarantor, and Saudi Arabia will remain the United States' main partner in the East.

   


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