America is stationed in Tiran and Sanafir? Intensifying the competition between Washington and Beijing

Mehr News Agency, International Group: In late April, the Arabic website “Mad al -Masr” quoted Cairo security officials as saying that Riyadh recently suggested to Washington to build a military base on the Tiran and Sanafir Islands. The islands, which were given to the Saudis by Al -Sisi in year 6, are located at the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba and are of geopolitical importance in the region. During Trump's trip to Saudi Arabia in May this year, the issue of building a US military base in Tiran-Sanafir will be on the agenda.

On the other hand, the Egyptians strongly oppose the decision and see the move as a threat to the security of the Suez Canal and internal stability in Egypt. Following the announcement, Saudi Arabia has been announced by Saudi Arabia's security and preventing weapons from providing weapons for the Palestinian-Lebanon resistance! Of course, Maj. Gen. Samir Faraj of Egypt and Saudi Arabia's Ahmad al-Shahri, who attended the BBC's program, rejected the claim and considered the purpose of its expression to create a dispute between Cairo-Riyadh!

Why are the Tiran-Sanafir Islands important?

For Egypt, although the transfer of the islands to Saudi Arabia has received domestic criticism, the decision is interpreted from a geopolitical point of view as part of Cairo's strategy to maintain unity with Riyadh and gain financial-political support for the country. Egypt enjoyed Saudi Arabia's economic support during domestic crises.

From a military point of view, these islands are important to Egypt as a strategic point for overseeing maritime movements of informal groups or terrorist threats in the Sinai and the Red Sea. The islands' proximity to the Suez Canal, which is the vital artery of the Egyptian economy, adds to the need to maintain the security of the region. Overall, for both countries, these islands beyond a territorial issue, as a diplomatic and security tool in complex regional equations and play an important role in maintaining the balance of power against competitors.

From the US perspective, the islands of Tiran and Sanafir are of high geopolitical and military importance because of their strategic location in the Strait of Tiran and proximity to vital shipping routes in the Red Sea. As part of the region's security puzzle, these islands are in the interests of Santak to ensure the release of shipping and protect its key allies, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the Zionist regime.

The White House is indirectly overseeing the islands through military presence and security agreements, especially through military bases in the region and cooperating with the Saudi Navy and Egypt. This presence allows the United States to monitor the movements of resistance in the Red Sea and prevent possible threats against the port of Eilat and international trade routes. In the context of the competition between the great powers, the US military presence in the islands will strengthen their position against China and Russia in the northern Indian Ocean.

Intensifying Washington-Beijing Geostrategic Competition

In March, Washington was first proposed to build US military bases on the islands aimed at restricting Russia in the Red Sea. In the last five years, important security events have been happening in the region, which has once again provided the necessary ground for the proposal to be re -submitted by Saudi Arabia. Trump's second government, while currently focused on Ukraine, Gaza and Iran's cases, will sooner or later turn the Chinese as the biggest threat to the US position in the world.

The elites of the two Democratic and Republican parties came to the conclusion that they had to remove Russia from the Beijing axis and redefine the Middle East's security order through the Abraham Treaty. Some analysts believe that Americans borrowing from the Cold War experience are trying to prevent the implementation of the one-way Belt-Belt project and by offering alternative routes such as Aimk, China in geopolitical suffocation. Basically, the US military presence in the Gulf of Aqaba is in line with the completion of the Indian-Middle East-European corridor puzzle in the region.

Red Sea Security Architecture Design

In other words, the United States seeks to redesign the Red Sea security architecture. The deployment of US troops in Eritrea, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia and possibly the Tiran-Sanafir Islands will allow the US Santam and Navy to monitor the process of ships in the area. In other words, the deployment of US troops in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea will allow them to prevent their allies from supporting Gaza and Lebanon's resistance with the help of their allies.

However, some analysts believe that the United States is essentially aimed at increasing its regulatory scope in the northern Indian Ocean to contain the Chinese. In the meantime, “green lights” or Cairo resistance can play a decisive role. Although the islands of Tiran and Sanafir were transferred to the Saudis in April, Cairo must decide that he is still committed to agreements in security talks or intends to take a different path.