Governments were discomforted by the U.S.embrace of democratization in the Arab Spring, they complained of U.S. abandonment as theObama administration announced its rebalancing toward Asia, and Arab governmentscomplained that U.S. policy toward Iran was recklessly empowering the Islamic Republic.Countries and populations felt that a closer relationship with China would give them the abilityto resist U.S. hegemony and resist demands to reshape their domestic and foreign policy toreflect U.S.… [read post]