Putin made a very short notice trip to both SA and the UAE and was treated like a fellow king, 2-3 weeks ago sec Blinkin went to saudi for a meeting and they made him wait 12 hours and ended the meeting quickly, then the next week the german president landed in the UAE and they "forgot" to meet him, left him standing by his plane for 30 min with his arms crossed.
The day after Putin returned to moscow the iranian president flew to meet him - which again is very unusual, today the Saudi prince canceled a long planned visit to the UK.
Yea, i would say the era of US/western dominance is over, I would also say something is up, could be dollar related, oil related, could be middle east war related. We'll see.
I would love to see an oil embargo against the west, europe would practically collapse without middle east oil and gas, oil prices would surge and Biden's prospects would further erode.