Zaid M. Belbagi
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What the US-GCC summit means for regional security (opens the original)
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Last week brought an unusually dense stretch of American diplomacy on the Middle East. On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, President Donald Trump met representatives of 12 countries: the six GCC member states, alongside Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkiye. The following day, Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews for a three-day state visit. Both took place with the Strait of Hormuz still closed to normal traffic, after a June memorandu
How the Gulf foiled Iran’s fragmentation plan (opens the original)
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Since it started attacking the region on Feb. 28, Iran has been widening the geography of its strikes across the Gulf, following a clear pattern as Tehran has steadily brought more Arab states into the conflict, raising the pressure on governments that have so far sought to stay out of it. The response from the Arab world, however, has been notably different, with clear legal, diplomatic and economic measures but no move toward a collective military response. For Iran, that distinction is becomi
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