INTERVIEW
Emile Hokayem: ‘The Gulf states face a strategic dilemma’
While the consequences of the US disengagement, the war in Ukraine and the Saudi-Iranian détente are partly reshuffling the cards of the geopolitical situation in the Middle East, intra-Gulf competition is accelerating against a backdrop of rivalry between the two reformist rulers, United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and Saudi Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS).
Emile Hokayem, the director of regional security and senior fellow for Middle East security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, spoke to L’Orient-Le Jour about the implications of these internal and external changes.
L'Orient-Le Jour / By Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH, 26 July 2023 17:34