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Malik Aborashid

Malik Aborashid

Washington Examiner

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Jordan’s China trip isn’t a loyalty test. It’s a receipt

Jordan’s China trip isn’t a loyalty test. It’s a receipt

King Abdullah II is in Beijing this week, his first visit to China since 2015. The instinct in Washington will be to treat that as a warning sign: a...

24.08.2026 4

Washington Examiner

Malik Aborashid

Stop calling it Sunni NATO: The Saudis aren’t ditching America — they’re just buying insurance

On Aug. 7, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, a mutual-defense pact declaring that an attack on any one...

14.08.2026 7

Washington Examiner

Malik Aborashid