Volume 12 Prelude to the Great War Chapter 48 Middle East Raiders
; However, in the eyes of many people. The republic's Middle East strategy focuses on Iran. But invite Dansheng; Those who understand the situation in the Middle East have reason to believe that the republic should never focus on Iran.
In a sense. Iran is not part of the Middle East.
From the time of Kiyokook. The basic Middle East policy of the republic is that Middle Easterners manage Middle Eastern affairs, and "Middle Easterners" in the narrow sense are Arabs. Because Iran is a predominantly Persian country, and historically, the Persians and Arabs have always been at odds, so Iran is not a Middle Eastern country in the true sense of the word. To put it bluntly, if Iran were not an Islamic country, I am afraid that it would have been excluded by Arab countries long ago. In this case. It is absolutely impossible for the republic to control the Middle East region by supporting Iran. In essence, if the Republic really wants to do this, it will never try to replace the United States. For many Arab countries, where Jews are enemies and Persians are enemies, it is better to maintain the status quo than to risk supporting Iran's hegemony. It is for this reason that for decades, the republic and Iran have maintained a dispensable relationship. In Al Jazeera's words, Iran is the least important link in the republic's alliance system. In fact. Force for many years, the Republic has always attached great importance to relations with Arab countries.
Syria needless to say. Without the help of the republic, the current achievements in construction would not have been possible.
For Egypt. The Republic has always pursued a policy of goodwill, i.e., regardless of Egypt's diplomatic tendencies, whenever there is a request, the Republic will do its best to meet it. Among the many Arab countries, Egypt has always been able to buy the republic's advanced weapons and equipment at the lowest prices in a timely manner.
In the words of the US arms dealers, in order to win over Egypt, the Republic provided arms to Egypt by dumping, so that Western arms dealers had no way to compete with the arms dealers of the Republic. For example, in the past years, Egypt intends to purchase an advanced fighter to replace the old series of light multi-role fighters that have served in the Egyptian Air Force for many years, and use them with the small old series of fighters purchased in the year of the year to conduct global bidding; Because winning this contract is tantamount to maintaining a decades-long alliance with Egypt and is a political task, the U.S. federal government gave Loma a multi-billion dollar subsidy to sell a series of light multirole fighters to Egypt at the lowest price; The question is. At the time of the formal bidding, Loma still lost to AVIC; The reason is simple: due to the restrictions of US law, Loma can only provide fighter jets to Egypt in the form of complete exports, while AVIC can sell Xiaokou's production line and production patents, and promises to help Egypt's aircraft factory train skilled workers.
In addition to the sale of arms. In other respects, the Republic is also actively strengthening its cooperation with Egypt. Among other things, Egypt is the fourth most popular foreign tourist destination for citizens of the Republic. The Republic is the largest source of tourists to Egypt, and there are 10,000 tourists from the Republic to see the pyramids and sphinxes in Egypt in the year alone, providing Egypt with nearly a million yuan of tourism income and more than 40,000 jobs. To put it mildly, the money used in Egypt to buy arms is basically provided by tourists from the Republic.
The main reason for the Egyptian authorities' basic policy preference for the Republic is the Republic's willingness to export more advanced technology. For example, in the year of the bumper, the Republic's private automobile company established the first electric vehicle production line in the Middle East in Egypt, and just three years later, Egypt changed from an importer of electric vehicles to an exporter. By the end of the year, Egypt was already the largest exporter of electric vehicles in the Middle East. The electric vehicles produced by it are sold to many nearby old countries, and they are successfully resold to the Republic because electric vehicles have become popular, so in addition to maintaining three major brands and several high-end brands in the past years or so. It will no longer produce ordinary electric vehicles, but develop the electric vehicle industry by designing, developing new technologies, and exporting key equipment. In fact, the fundamental reason for the republic's transfer of the electric vehicle industry to foreign countries is the serious shortage of labor, and it is necessary to put some of the industries with low added value abroad, and the industries with the highest added value, that is, the highest requirements for technology and skills, must be placed in China. According to data released by the Egyptian authorities, the electric squeer industry alone has created about 10,000 jobs in Egypt and provided food and clothing for nearly 40,000 Egyptians with 10,000 families.
Except for Egypt. The Republic is also trying to improve its relations with other Arab countries.
Before the concave year, that is, when oil is still of great value. The republic opened the doors of many oil countries with its own weapons and equipment through several beautiful local wars. For example, before Tian Nian, Saudi Arabia bought more than a dollar worth of arms from the Republic, including advanced fighter jets, unique electric submarines, and a large number of main battle tanks. In a sense, wealthy Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar purchase arms from the republic, not in order to form an alliance with the republic, but in the hope of using the influence of the republics to balance the hegemony of the United States in the Middle East and thus safeguard their own interests. In fact, Qatar's Al Jazeera has always supported the republic in public opinion, which is an attitude in the Arab world. But this aggressive arms sales have also greatly boosted the Republic and the Arab countries
Strictly speaking, after the Year of the Blade. Relations between many of the rich Gulf countries and the Republic have only entered a honeymoon period.
With the official commercial use of controlled fusion nuclear power plants, the value of oil plummeted, and international oil prices fell within a year. It can be said that after the republic announced that it was possible to export controlled fusion nuclear power plants according to the real situation. Oil becomes worthless. In this case, many of the rich Gulf countries have a hard time.
Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, as Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar say, are smaller than 40,000, and the population of Bahrain and Qatar is only 10,000, relying on the wealth they have accumulated, as long as they take care of their sovereign investment funds, the citizens of these countries can live a worry-free life for the next few years. For example, Kuwait's sovereign investment fund made a profit of more than one trillion dollars that year, deducting the global average inflation rate of gills, and achieving a net income of 100 million yuan, on average, each Kuwaiti can share 10,000 US dollars, while the average global income that year is less than 10,000 US dollars, and the average income of the most industrialized countries is only 10,000 US dollars.
The problem is that "big powers" like Saudi Arabia and the UAE cannot rely solely on sovereign investment funds.
By the year of the Secret O, the official citizens of Saudi Arabia had passed the Legvain. Although the Saudi government and the royal family are actually called differently, the Saudi government and the royal family only have different names, and the total size of several sovereign investment funds controlled is close to one trillion dollars. And the annual income is about 400 million US dollars per year, but on average. Each Saudi is less than $30,000. There is no doubt that according to the price standard of the era of the introduction of the century. A per capita income of $30,000 can only be regarded as a developing country, and it is a relatively poor developing country. Although this income can ensure that most Saudis have a worry-free life, it is certainly not enough for the Saudi royal family. According to the estimates of an international organization, if the Saudi royal family cannot find a way to increase national income, it will not be able to do so. Saudi Arabia will have a drama is
It was in this context that Saudi Arabia ushered in the most successful crown prince in history, that is, the "prince of fertilizers".
Saudi Arabia has been able to embark on the road of industrialization and has made relatively large achievements, and its per capita income is more than 10,000 US dollars. At least $80,000 of this is contributed by the chemical industry, and a very key reason is that Saudi Arabia has chosen to cooperate with the Republic rather than with the United States economically. To put it simply, the Saudi crown prince can vigorously develop the chemical industry, which is mainly based on fertilizer production. It is because the republic needs to import fertilizers in large quantities. According to the data released by the Saudi authorities at the beginning of the year, two-thirds of the four fertilizers produced in Saudi Arabia were actually sold to India. Although there have been many contradictions between Saudi Arabia and the Republic in terms of fertilizer prices, for example, the Republic has made every effort to help Iraq establish a chemical industry chain in recent years, just to let Saudi Arabia hand over the pricing power of fertilizers, but in general, the relationship between the two sides is still very close.
In fact, the government of the Republic has been encouraging comprehensive cooperation with Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries in its policy.
For example, at the beginning of the year, Gu Weimin proposed a national strategy called "green mountains and clear waters" in the second year of his administration. According to the calculation, "before the year of the field, that is, when the population is reduced to 800 million, the natural coverage rate of more than 8 gills of the land area will be realized, including forests, grasslands, rivers, lakes, mountains, deserts, etc., in other words, the land occupied and used by man will be controlled below the land area." In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to drastically reduce the area of arable land and pasture. Although according to the solution proposed by the State Council, the grain problem is mainly solved by relying on "industrial agricultural production", the practice in India has proved that there are still some relatively serious problems in "industrial agricultural production", and until these problems are solved, agricultural production is still inseparable from land. In other words, it is necessary to improve the efficiency of land use. Although the cultivated land area of the Republic can be reduced to less than 800 million mu by the second year of the year, when there are only 800 million people and the increase in the output per unit of agriculture, the total agricultural output must not be reduced if the people's living standards are to continue to be improved as the primary resource of life. In fact, by that time, the average annual food consumption of the people in the Republic was much lower than the small kilogram.
That is, the need for food in the republic is still very great. In this case, the demand for fertilizers in the Republic is certainly increasing. The problem is that it is clearly mentioned in the "green mountains and clear waters" plan that it will cause damage to the environment, and that industrial projects that are difficult to manage must be completely cleaned up, even if they are high value-added industries, must be transferred abroad. In addition, in the year of Likou, the "strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and technology" proposed by Ji Youguo. "There is no reason for the republic to create large chemical enterprises. In fact, before Gu Weimin came to power, in addition to explosives production enterprises that were closely related to national defense. Other chemical companies have moved abroad, such as a chemical plant that specializes in providing liquid hydrogen and liquid itch for space launches, which is located in the village of Dao Bu Mushroom in Vietnam. It can be seen from this that the "green mountains and clear waters" are small, which has not only encouraged the citizens of the Republic, but also benefited many Middle Eastern countries.
In the words of some Western news media, the Republic has adopted an "economic kidnapping" strategy against the Arab countries of the Gulf region. Whether it is Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, or even Iraq, which is building its national infrastructure, as long as it relies on the republic for its economy, it is unlikely to become an enemy of the republic.
In fact, the average Westerner simply does not see the fundamental purpose of this series of measures of the Republic.
There is no doubt that politicians in the West can see it.
From another perspective, whether it is a policy towards Iran, or a policy toward Egypt, or a policy toward countries such as Saudi Arabia, the aim of the authorities of the Republic is very clear: to promote the unification of the Arab world.
In a sense, the republic supports Iran. Not to deal with Israel, after all, Iran and Israel are not on the same side at all, with Iraq and Syria in between, but to create a second pressure on the Arab world, to convince many Arab countries that even if Israel is finished. Iran will also become their next enemy. The direct benefit of this is that the Middle East has maintained stability for many years before the beginning of the century, and has not broken out into large-scale wars. Another advantage is that many Arab countries must take into account the feelings of the republic when considering cooperation with the United States. Thus opening the door for the Republic to participate in the affairs of the Middle East.
The problem is that the republic has no reason to prop up a second Arab empire.
In the long run, after the unification of the Arab world, the republic will also become a victim, after all, a strong Arab country will never tolerate other countries interfering in the Middle East, just as Russia will not allow other countries to get involved in Ukraine and the Caucasus, and Europe will not let other countries fight in North Africa. But if we look closer, in the foreseeable future, a unified Arab world, or more precisely the Arab countries that have completed the great unification with the help of the republic, will definitely be allies of the republic, not enemies of the republic. In any case, in dealing with the threat of the Western world, the Arab world does not regard the republics on the other side of Asia as enemies.
Of course, it will be very difficult for the Arab world to be unified.
Among other things, many Arab countries are not on the same level of development, even if they are fraternal countries. Nor can it be achieved in the case of different levels of affluence. To put it bluntly, there is not a big gap in the level of security in European countries, and efforts have been made for decades to move towards unification.
For this reason, the Republic has been promoting the economic construction of Arab countries for many years.
The problem is that, whether the authorities of the republic admit it or not, while helping the Arab countries to build a peaceful and prosperous Middle East region, the leadership of the republic must consider a very real problem. That is, if the Arab world cannot be united by peaceful means, it will be possible to bring it to the level of a single government. Is it necessary to resort to other means?
In other words, whether to help the Arab countries complete the reunification through war.
When contemplating this question, the leaders of the republic were stunned and thought a little deeper. That is, can an epic war of Arab unification bring benefits to the republic, and to what extent?
The mother is doubtful, and if you want to go deeper, the problem will be complicated.
There is only one thing that is certain, and that is that if the authorities of the republic believe that a war for the unification of the Arab world is beneficial to the republic, then the first thing to do when it comes to action is to establish a center for the Arab world, a center that is attractive enough. From this point of view, it can be seen that the Republic has been carefully "cultivating" Syria for decades, hoping to make Syria such a center. The problem is that Syria does not have a strong appeal in the Arab world. So the republic needs to maintain close relations with Egypt.
In any case, Egypt has always been a great power in the Arab world. The problem is that Egypt has long lost its ambition and fighting spirit to unify the Arab world. Moreover, the Egyptian authorities are happy to maneuver between the Republic and the United States, and it is impossible to actively cooperate with them. To do this, the republic needs to take advantage of the rich countries of the Gulf region, and therefore to control them through economic means. It's just that in this Arab chain from the Suez Canal to the Strait of Hormuz, there are two key links that have not been filled. One is Iraq and the other is Jordan.
Because Jordan is a small country in the Arab world. So the key is on Iraq.
Undoubtedly, an Iraq controlled by Iran. It will never be the center of the Arab world, let alone a banner of unity. In fact, since the Shiites came to power, Iraq has been detached from the Arab world and is more like a puppet state controlled by the Persians.
It follows that the Republic must make a difference in Iraq. The address of this site has been changed to: In addition to the coo, please log in to read!
It is precisely for this reason that, in recent years, the Republic has invested more capital in Iraq than in Iran. Moreover, the republican authorities have not hesitated to reshape the Iraqi state power system, first of all, by operating heavily on Iraq's national defense forces, that is, the most powerful coercive apparatus of the entire country.
According to Pei Chengyi's understanding, the republic's actions in Iraq have one purpose, that is, to turn Iraq into a model for the Arab world!