Syria hopes to use the Iran war to deepen its connection to its Gulf Arab partners. Can it compete for inclusion within the regional security order and emerging trade corridors?
Gulf capitals are facing immediate policy choices around how to restore order in a regional setting that is greatly changed – for the worse – as a result of the Iran war.
The UAE’s move to leave OPEC underscores Abu Dhabi’s effort to widen its room for maneuver beyond Saudi-led frameworks, but the Iran war gives this decision a new meaning.
After Oman-facilitated negotiations between the United States and Iran ended in a major regional conflict, Pakistan has picked up the mantle of mediator and helped broker a cease-fire, but can the country succeed at mediating a lasting peace deal?
There is an unfortunate familiarity to the region’s heightened geopolitical risk picture, though the Iran conflict has raised the stakes for investors, governments, and globally mobile individuals.
The May 15 edition considers how an Iranian news agency’s warning to Gulf Arab states against further involvement in the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran may backfire.
