"The states of the Arabian Gulf are already demonstrating a coordinated muscular foreign policy that reflects the confidence and ambition of its peoples on the global stage. Iran's power, the spectre that for years had kept the Gulf's security establishments on tenterhooks, has been dealt a decisive blow by US strikes in June and Israel's ruthless wars of attrition against Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis."
"Although the tragic conflict in Gaza remains unresolved, restrained only by a makeshift peace proposal, Saudi Arabia is reportedly on the cusp of joining the UAE in the Abraham Accords, a move that would seismically realign the politics of the Middle East and herald an era of mutual cooperation between Arab states and Israel. The wave of optimism sweeping the Gulf was encapsulated by President Trump's acclaimed visit to Qatar, Saudi Arabia"
"But amid this flowering of Gulf confidence, one nation has remained conspicuously absent: Kuwait, that one-time Western poster child for the region. When President George H. W. Bush rallied the international community to Kuwait's defence against the aggression of Iraq's Saddam Hussein in 1990, Kuwait rose to become the West's most steadfast ally in the Middle East. Kuwait was the staging ground for coalition troops ahead of the second Gulf war in 2003, and remains home to several US military bases."
The Gulf is closer to reconciling past enmities and unlocking youth potential than at any other time in living memory. Arabian Gulf states are executing a coordinated, muscular foreign policy reflecting popular confidence and ambition. US strikes and Israel's campaigns have weakened Iran's regional influence. Saudi Arabia may join the UAE in the Abraham Accords, reshaping Middle East politics and enabling Arab-Israeli cooperation. President Trump's visit to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE brought AI and investment deals that could transform the region into a technology hub. Kuwait, a longstanding US ally with military bases, has remained conspicuously absent from the Gulf's momentum.
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