US President Joe Biden prepares to sign executive orders on affordable healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2021. The orders include reopening enrollment in the federal Affordable Care Act.(MANDEL NGAN / AFP) From unexpected normalisation deals with Israel, to a “maximum pressure” campaign on rival Iran, the businessman-turned-president changed the face of the Middle East. His close relations with autocratic heads of states and wealthy Gulf monarchies also personalised Washington’s approach towards the strategic region which hosts thousands of US troops. Joe Biden promised to change all that. In less than 10 days in the White House, the new president has already erased some of his predecessor’s signature moves, but analysts say many of the flurry of deals struck in the last weeks of the administration won’t — or shouldn’t — be easily overturned. Here is a look at what is at stake for Trump’s Middle East legacy: – ‘Ping-ponging’ Iran – On his first full day on the job, Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed the Biden administration wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal trashed by Trump — but said it would only happen once Iran resumes its… Read full this story
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