Gulf security model nears breaking point as external guarantees prove increasingly conditional
Daily Maverick | 28.04.2026 19:28
This is a question that has resurfaced with unusual urgency in the wake of the Iran war of 2026. Years ago, Kuwaiti political thinker, Dr Abdullah Al-Nafisi recalled, in an interview, a CIA analyst’s warning at a 1991 post-Gulf War conference in New York, that several Gulf states might not survive in their existing form into the 21st century.
