Why The U.S. Is Desperate To Secure Influence In Oman

Someone in the White House seems to have stumbled upon an atlas, seen where Oman is located, and worked out how crucial it is in the Middle East’s energy matrix. China worked this out a long time ago and has been busily broadening and deepening its ties with the Sultanate, which is a crucial part of both the land and maritime routes of its multi-generational power-grab project, the ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) program. Up until the apparent discovery of the White House atlas, it looked like Oman was entering the final stage of…