Washington Correspondent
Joe Biden's first trip to the Middle East since his election signals a return to realism.
Elected on a promise to promote democracy and human rights, and to reverse the decisions of Donald Trump, Biden had to revise his ambitions and his electoral promises to change American foreign policy.
Eighteen months after his arrival at the White House, this first visit by the American president to a region which he had until now largely avoided, also indicates the need to repair his relations with the two main allies of the United States. in the region, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The threat from Iran, somewhat overshadowed by the strategic rivalry with China and Russia's attack on Ukraine, also remains a crucial issue for the American Administration.
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And above all, the surge in oil prices forced the president to a humiliating visit to Saudi Arabia, a country he had nevertheless promised to treat
as a "pariah"
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