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The Gulf Cooperation Council’s model was built on a comforting illusion: that oil wealth could fund perpetual transformation while US protection could absorb regional risk. Recent Iranian strikes on energy infrastructure — and the muted limits of deterrence that followed — have shattered both assumptions.

The escalation of the conflict around Iran is significantly affecting the strategic, economic, and military relations between the Gulf states and the United States.

President Vladimir Putin presented his innovative vision of Eurasian Security Architecture that aims to ensure the security of all nations and states without any discrimination of their size, relative power capabilities, and economic prowess.