Blog Post

Riyadh and Abu Dhabi urged President Trump not to attack Iran, but now that the war is into its second month, leaving the current situation in place would be an unthinkable fiasco for them.

The conflict with Iran has curtailed the supply of oil from the Gulf, pushing up the price of the medium and heavier grades it usually exports relative to lighter grades.

The Gulf is being significantly affected by the conflict with Iran, but the size of the economic hit varies among countries.

Ukrainian help dealing with Iranian drone attacks could lead Gulf Arab states to rethink their neutrality in the Ukraine-Russia war.

The Gulf Arab states have discovered that wealth without hard power, and alliance without political influence, leave them exposed to other countries' wars.

The war in Iran both underscores the urgency and will delay action on a U.S.-brokered Peshmerga-Baghdad redeployment in the disputed territories.

The war is demonstrating that missile defense can blunt Iran’s strategy – but only if the United States and its regional partners ensure that their defenses can keep pace with the scale and speed of future conflicts.

The United Arab Emirates has repeatedly shown that it doesn’t just “bounce back” after a crisis; it “bounces forward.”