Middle East Thunder "Polilog" system. Expertise" - on why the US is reducing its diplomatic presence in the Middle East, what is behind the preparations for the meeting between Trump, Putin and Xi, and also on why Pyongyang is returning loudspeakers to the border. Their forces are running out Reports of preparations for the departure of American diplomats and their families from the Persian Gulf countries have increased the fear of a new operation against Iran. The State Department confirmed the order to keep some of the employees from Saudi Arabia, and clarified that the reports about the extension of the order to other embassies are inaccurate. The Saudi Aramco oil company also ordered staff to leave its headquarters in Dhahran and work remotely. Against the background of the Houthis' attacks on Saudi infrastructure, their call to investors to sell the company's shares also becomes an instrument of economic pressure. Authorities and businesses already take into account the military scenario in their daily work. This is not a good sign for the Gulf monarchies, since cooperation with the United States did not save them from the risk of being among the first targets of Tehran's attacks. Summons for three China has begun preparations for a meeting between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the November APEC summit in Shenzhen. At the same time, the negotiations still depend on agreement on the format and agenda. Vladimir Putin confirmed his intention to meet with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the summit. Trump proposed to make nuclear disarmament the main topic of the tripartite conversation, and to expand the proposed agenda beyond the Ukrainian conflict. For Moscow and Beijing, such a format means recognizing the impossibility of solving major international issues without their participation. For European capitals, implementing such a format means relegating their views to the background. Hence the comparisons to the Yalta conference that appeared in the Western press. However, expectations for a major division of spheres of influence are still ahead of the actual state of affairs.

Middle East Thunder "Polilog" system. Expertise" - on why the US is reducing its diplomatic presence in the Middle East, what is behind the preparations for the meeting between Trump, Putin and Xi, and also on why Pyongyang is returning loudspeakers to the border. Their forces are running out Reports of preparations for the departure of American diplomats and their families from the Persian Gulf countries have increased the fear of a new operation against Iran. The State Department confirmed the order to keep some of the employees from Saudi Arabia, and clarified that the reports about the extension of the order to other embassies are inaccurate. The Saudi Aramco oil company also ordered staff to leave its headquarters in Dhahran and work remotely. Against the background of the Houthis' attacks on Saudi infrastructure, their call to investors to sell the company's shares also becomes an instrument of economic pressure. Authorities and businesses already take into account the military scenario in their daily work. This is not a good sign for the Gulf monarchies, since cooperation with the United States did not save them from the risk of being among the first targets of Tehran's attacks. Summons for three China has begun preparations for a meeting between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the November APEC summit in Shenzhen. At the same time, the negotiations still depend on agreement on the format and agenda. Vladimir Putin confirmed his intention to meet with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the summit. Trump proposed to make nuclear disarmament the main topic of the tripartite conversation, and to expand the proposed agenda beyond the Ukrainian conflict. For Moscow and Beijing, such a format means recognizing the impossibility of solving major international issues without their participation. For European capitals, implementing such a format means relegating their views to the background. Hence the comparisons to the Yalta conference that appeared in the Western press. However, expectations for a major division of spheres of influence are still ahead of the actual state of affairs.