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Iran may be inching closer to a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but for the other countries along the Persian Gulf, the war has permanently changed their economic and security considerations. In the 48 hours after the war began, Iran had struck every country in the Gulf Cooperation Council, upending a long-standing security bargain they held with the United States.
Allison Minor served as a National Security Council director for Arabian Peninsula affairs. She argues that for countries in the Gulf, relying on the United States alone is no longer an option. So, what new partnerships and security capabilities will the Gulf countries seek? She joined FP Live to assess how Gulf states are rethinking their security needs, their economic partnerships, and their relationship with Iran itself.
Watch the interview at ForeignPolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/live/allison-minor-gulf-iran-postwar-playbook
0:00 Intro
2:00 The Mecca agreement
7:53 Will the war end?
10:39 The Gulf strategy
14:10 Cooperation vs. competition
17:42 The Gulf approach to Iran
21:47 U.S. security commitments
25:55 Relations with Israel
29:08 Nuclear weapons
32:27 The Gulf social contract
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Iran may be inching closer to a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but for the other countries along the Persian Gulf, the war has permanently changed their economic and security considerations. In the 48 hours after the war began, Iran had struck every country in the Gulf Cooperation Council, upending a long-standing security bargain they held with the United States.
Allison Minor served as a National Security Council director for Arabian Peninsula affairs. She argues that for countries in the Gulf, relying on the United States alone is no longer an option. So, what new partnerships and security capabilities will the Gulf countries seek? She joined FP Live to assess how Gulf states are rethinking their security needs, their economic partnerships, and their relationship with Iran itself.
Watch the interview at ForeignPolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/live/allison-minor-gulf-iran-postwar-playbook
0:00 Intro
2:00 The Mecca agreement
7:53 Will the war end?
10:39 The Gulf strategy
14:10 Cooperation vs. competition
17:42 The Gulf approach to Iran
21:47 U.S. security commitments
25:55 Relations with Israel
29:08 Nuclear weapons
32:27 The Gulf social contract
On the go? Listen to FP Live as a podcast at link.chtbl.com/foreignpolicylivepodcast or wherever you get your podcasts.
FP Live is Foreign Policy's forum for live journalism that brings leading foreign-policy experts and thinkers together to analyze the world's biggest events. Visit foreignpolicy.com/live for the full conversation and more live journalism from Foreign Policy.
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