How Russia’s Middle East Strategy Threatens Gulf Security

How Russia’s Middle East Strategy Threatens Gulf Security

From the perspective of Gulf Arab states, the sudden shift in U.S. policy toward the Ukraine war and Washington’s apparent warming of ties with Russia may be good news. It vindicates their insistence on staying away from the European conflict and maintaining relations with Moscow as part of their foreign policy of multialignment. But even if the ongoing changes in Europe may prove the Gulf gambit right, it hides another parallel development – th…