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The Arab Gulf States in the Line of Fire
23 minutes Posted Jun 11, 2026 at 4:00 am.
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Dana El Kurd speaks to Andrew Leber, assistant professor of political science and Middle East and North Africa politics, with an expertise in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf states. Andrew outlines the different positions of the Gulf states in response to the ongoing war on Iran, the competing visions for the region posed by the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and the role of Israel in their calculations. 

Sources:

Andrew Leber’s profile and articles - https://carnegieendowment.org/people/andrew-leber 

How Palestine is linked to domestic grievances - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510347.2022.2038567

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