Even as they make conciliatory comments, the Emiratis are deepening their alignment with the American bloc. The post The UAE Is Changing Rhetoric, Not Policy, Toward Iran appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The UAE Is Changing Rhetoric, Not Policy, Toward Iran Even as they make conciliatory comments, the Emiratis are deepening their alignment with the American bloc. With recent military clashes in the Gulf, combined with continued Israeli aggression against Lebanon and Gaza , the U.S.–Iran ceasefire is increasingly vulnerable to violence in the region. Regardless of the ceasefire’s fate, the U.S.-Israel war on Iran has created a new reality in the Gulf, rendering the pre-February 28 status quo largely obsolete. Yet despite their shared concerns over regional stability, the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states…Open
Doha’s careful balancing act has been threatened by severe security and economic challenges. The post Qatar’s Calculus Amid the Iran War appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Qatar’s Calculus Amid the Iran War Doha’s careful balancing act has been threatened by severe security and economic challenges. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP via Getty Images) As a small but extremely gas-rich country surrounded by larger neighbors with a history of tense rivalries, Qatar has long depended on stability and careful geopolitical balancing to secure its prosperity. Yet in the past ten months, and especially since February 28, 2026, Doha has been drawn unwillingly into regional conflagration, facing missile and drone attacks that have severely disrupted its aviation, banking, shipping,…Open
A new book offers a realist strategy for dealing with a region in rapid flux. The post The Middle East has Become the New ‘West Asia’ appeared first on The American Conservative .
Books The Middle East has Become the New ‘West Asia’ A new book offers a realist strategy for dealing with a region in rapid flux. (AFP via Getty Images) West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East, by Mohammad Soliman. Polity Books, 272 pages. The Trump administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy laid out its vision for a new U.S. role in the Middle East based on a pragmatic scaling back from the ideological misadventures of prior years. Instead of attempting to reshape the countries of the Middle East through violence and money, the strategy advocated an orderly withdrawal from a region that…Open