The war in Iran has significantly accelerated the divergence between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, leading to a fracturing of regional organizations like the GCC.

“it has been accelerated and intensified by the war and the very divergent responses to the war geopolitically, militarily and economically by these two very successful countries with very different models.”

The U.S. alliance with Israel is an expansionist project that leads to crises and negatively impacts international perceptions of the United States.

“when you carry out coups, you orchestrate coups of democratically elected leaders, when you aid and abet Israel's expansionist project, the Greater Israel project, which leads to all sorts of crises, right?”