Persian Lessons: How Middle East War Will Change Gulf Monarchies

... to wait out the hot phase of the confrontation and avoid direct involvement in the hostilities. The current conflict in the Middle East is significantly different from the 12-Day War of last year, with a bigger number of killings among Iran’s political ... ... intensify in the near future for the Arab Gulf monarchies—Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and, to a lesser extent, Oman. Dmitriy Trenin: Iran Prevails: Initial Assessments Military Cooperation and the New Security Architecture Primarily, the ...