Ben Hodges and Sam Mundy, The Wall Street Journal (USA)
An emergency in one region can also reveal the value of partners in another. Since last July’s troubling Afghanistan exit, the Biden administration has struggled to land a signature foreign-policy win in the Middle East. President Biden did, however, upgrade one key strategic relationship with a critical ally in the Gulf: Qatar. This was an important reordering of America’s hierarchy of allies that could form a solution to Europe’s dependence on Russian energy.