Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani during a news conference in Doha. (Credit: Iranian Presidency photo via Reuters)
The Gulf states are embarrassed by a potential confrontation between Iran and Israel, which has become more possible since Teheran fired a salvo of nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday. The latter promised that Iran would pay for it. Tel Aviv does not have the capacity to target Iran’s nuclear arsenal on its own, and the U.S. refused to help it do so. But it could target its military bases and oil infrastructures. Given Israel’s military superiority, Iran is likely to come out extremely weakened from a major confrontation between the two countries.Herein lies the dilemma for the Petro-monarchies. On the one hand, this would be an unparalleled opportunity for them to annihilate the threat that Iran has always represented in their eyes. Another effect of this crisis, which could benefit Saudi Arabia in particular, is that the...
The Gulf states are embarrassed by a potential confrontation between Iran and Israel, which has become more possible since Teheran fired a salvo of nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday. The latter promised that Iran would pay for it. Tel Aviv does not have the capacity to target Iran’s nuclear arsenal on its own, and the U.S. refused to help it do so. But it could target its military bases and oil infrastructures. Given Israel’s military superiority, Iran is likely to come out extremely weakened from a major confrontation between the two countries.Herein lies the dilemma for the Petro-monarchies. On the one hand, this would be an unparalleled opportunity for them to annihilate the threat that Iran has always represented in their eyes. Another effect of this crisis, which could benefit Saudi Arabia in particular, is that...
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