Gulf states are increasingly pursuing strategic autonomy due to doubts regarding the reliability and effectiveness of external security providers, specifically the United States.

Authors

• Person: Bader Al-Saif, Sanam Vakil Organization: War on the Rocks
  Iran and the Gulf: Why Hedging Is No Longer Enough

Sources

• Iran and the Gulf: Why Hedging Is No Longer Enough warontherocks.com Bader Al-Saif, Sanam Vakil · War on the Rocks via serper

Referenced by nodes (3)

• U.S. location
• Gulf states concept
• strategic autonomy concept