Saudi–US relations are approaching a new inflection point
In the coming weeks, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will meet President Trump in Washington — a meeting that could reshape decades of geopolitical alignment.
Saudi–US relations are approaching a new inflection point
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Dr.Cyril WiddershovenGeopolitical disruptive thinker
Saudi–US relations are approaching a new inflection point
Saudi–US relations are approaching a new inflection point.
In the coming weeks, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will meet President Trump in Washington — a meeting that could reshape decades of geopolitical alignment. The old “oil for protection” model is gone.
Today, the conversation is about LNG, defence industrial co-production, nuclear pathways, sanctions resilience, and strategic hedging in a multipolar world where China and Russia are now adjacent actors, not distant variables.
For Riyadh, this visit is a price-discovery moment: how much autonomy is Washington ready to tolerate in exchange for Saudi alignment at critical global risk points?
For the US, Saudi Arabia is again indispensable if it wants even the illusion of oil price stability.
The question is simple, and brutal: Can Washington accept Saudi Arabia as a structural peer — not a client? If not, Riyadh will price that recognition elsewhere.
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