Praktische Lektionen in Geopolitik: Die gesamte Region und ihre Industrien als Geiseln zu halten, hat seine Vorteile
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-02/uae-and-qatar-urge-allies-to-help-trump-find-off-ramp-on-iran
Praktische Lektionen in Geopolitik: Die gesamte Region und ihre Industrien als Geiseln zu halten, hat seine Vorteile
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-02/uae-and-qatar-urge-allies-to-help-trump-find-off-ramp-on-iran
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If anything, this whole thing will lead to a loss of trust in being such a close US ally. In this new world order it’s better to be slightly neutral
Shooting multi-million interceptors at cheap drones is very expensive. Stocks are limited and quickly running out. Some drones manage to get through defenses and damage economical backbones of the countries what makes prolonged conflict unsustainable for them.
Major lessons
* Keeping entire countries as hostages works
* Countries that didn’t adapt their defense systems to modern conflict going to suffer
During cold war, europe was the buffer state for american power. In this war it’s the gulf states. I guess they knew what they are signing up for.
In any case, the strategy of Iran to extend the war in the neighborhood seems to have worked out.
Qatar makes sense, they’re essentially Iranian allies dressing up as useful diplomats for the US… if Iran is solved, Qatar loses its utility and can’t keep pointing the finger away from itself. UAE probably want a moderate Iran as much as anyone, but they’re not willing to risk the damage that comes from attacks from such a large enemy in such a small place
Tourism and investment in the region are going to take a hit. Saudi Vision 2030 and Neom seem DOA if it wasn’t already. All those megaprojects and „diversification“ might not mean much. It would be in GCC’s interest for this war to stop.
Between them the have around 150 modern fighters, they might face less missles and drones if they used them.