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Egypt’s Conditional Shield: Defending Saudi Arabia Without a Yemen Quagmire
The increasing frequency of attacks from Yemen targeting airports and energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia has highlighted the serious challenges facing Riyadh.
The Gulf’s Illusion of Security Has Collapsed
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 Iran war and its effects on the future of US-GCC cooperation
The escalation of the conflict around Iran is significantly affecting the strategic, economic, and military relations between the Gulf states and the United States.
