In the middle of 2022 President Biden went to Saudi Arabia with some demands or petitions among which notably that Saudi Arabia increase oil production. Several months later, OPEC+, the 1970s oil producers plus Russia, decided on a cut in oil production. Then Chinese President Xi visited Saudi Arabia, receiving panoply welcome not given to Biden, and joined a summit meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
And Saudi Arabia seems keen to join BRICS. But President Lula is not President Bolsonaro. Non interference in other countries, tolerance of other countries, will be tested. See the character of President Lula’s inauguration.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/12/31/everything-to-know-about-lulas-inauguration/
Meanwhile there is a rapid shift in the situation between Turkey and Syria, overseen by Russia. This is valuable background
https://www.indianpunchline.com/russia-consolidates-in-east-mediterranean/
Bhadrakumar is a retired Indian ambassador. More than that he is from Kerala, the most tolerant Indian state, with the highest literacy rate and women’s literacy rate in India, where they don’t vote for Modi’s party.
At his blog see also this on the development of Russia-Iran relations and transport systems
https://www.indianpunchline.com/russia-iran-open-a-trade-route-heralding-a-bloc/
Iran wants to join the SCO and BRICS. The world is changing … but don’t expect Saudi Arabia to be happy about such warming relations with Iran. The Saudis may want to turn away from the dollar but divisions from Iran are both strategic and religious. With Trump and his son in law and the Abraham Accords https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Accords the Saudis traded off a lot in giving space for Israel among Arabs … and for this to happen, after they have softened their support for Palestine.
https://scheerpost.com/2022/12/12/chris-hedges-israel-and-the-rise-of-jewish-fascism/
On Palestine see the Electronic Intifada https://electronicintifada.net/
For the history of intifada start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intifada
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