Trump is at a strategic dead end on Iran; the war will reshape Gulf’s security architecture: Vali Nasr
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“U.S. President Donald Trump has no solution for the chokehold that Iran is putting on global markets and if he escalates the war further, he would make the problem even worse.”
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“Iran might be open for a deal on its nuclear programme but not on its missiles or its control over the Strait of Hormuz.”
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“Once the war is over, Persian Gulf countries will have to reassess their security relations with the U.S.”
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“The U.S. military was never made preparations for defending their own bases and GCC countries in the Persian Gulf.”
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— The Arab states of the Persian Gulf commonly referred to as the Gulf Arab states comprise Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. These seven Arab states are gr…
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— The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Arabic: مَجلِس التَّعَاوُن لِدُوَلِ الْخَلِيْجِ الْعَرَبِيَّة), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون الخليجي),…
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— Migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council region involves the prevalence of migrant workers in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Qatar, the Kingdom…
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“According to the New York Times, 13 U.S. military bases have become basically uninhabitable.”
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— The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and reviews. As one of the…
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— The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. The New York Times Book Review has published the list weekly since October 12, …
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— The New York Times Company is an American mass media corporation that publishes The New York Times and its associated publications such as The New York Times International Edition and other media prop…
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“The war is most difficult for the United States on a battle front that it had not calculated on at all, which is the Persian Gulf as a whole.”
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— The Arab states of the Persian Gulf commonly referred to as the Gulf Arab states comprise Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. These seven Arab states are gr…
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— The Persian Gulf, sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, is a mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Arabian Sea and the larger Indian Ocean located between the Arabian P…
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— The Persian Gulf naming dispute concerns the gulf known historically and internationally as the Persian Gulf, after Iran (historically known as Persia or Persis and the homeland of the Persian people)…
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“Iran has the ability to hit oil and gas infrastructure, military bases across the Gulf, from Saudi Arabia to UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait.”
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“The Islamic Republic has survived the latest attempt for regime change by foreign powers.”
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“Israel’s goal has been to break the Islamic Republic, making it a divided, weak state like Syria.”
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“This war has made the Islamic Republic much more assertive, risk-taking and dangerous.”
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