Inversely, I'm concerned that it's strengthening relations among Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China. In the worst case, this is barreling towards a Cold War 2.0 wh

Inversely, I'm concerned that it's strengthening relations among Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China. In the worst case, this is barreling towards a Cold War 2.0 where nations throw humanity out the window for political leverage: * Saudi Arabia has consistently rebuffed Biden's calls to pump more oil [1]. Even after releasing oil from our strategic reserves, oil futures have jumped over 10% in a single day [2]. As discussed in the article, high prices only aid the Russian kleptocracy. * In an attempt to appease Saudi Arabia, the US added more sanctions on Yemen, undoubtedly worsening the humanitarian disaster there [3]. * Similarly, China is propping up the major Russian exports of Wheat [4] and natural gas [5]. Again, to our detriment, under the consideration that wheat futures went up today (8% I think?). [1] - https://www.axios.com/biden-drill-oil-saudi-arabia-energy-costs-54682844-1ba0-417d-8d34-bbe5debba221.html https://www.axios.com/biden-drill-oil-saudi-arabia-energy-co... [2] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-28/oil-steadies-as-u-s-mulls-spr-release-to-quell-russia-concerns https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-28/oil-stead... [3] - https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/28/ukraine-russia-war-spills-over-yemen-uae/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/28/ukraine-russia-war-spil... [4] - https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3168278/ukraine-crisis-deepens-china-lifts-all-wheat-import https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3168278/u... [5] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-28/gazprom-paves-way-to-new-china-gas-deal-as-sanctions-hit-russia https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-28/gazprom-p...