The Gulf Crisis isn’t Beyond Hope — Here’s How Washington Can Help

By Sigurd Neubauer

Sigurd Neubauer is a senior analyst at SOS International, a U.S. defense consultancy, and a Non-Resident Fellow at Gulf International Forum. His expertise includes U.S. policy towards the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf region, including: Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Yemen; Persian Gulf security; inter-GCC dynamics; Arab-Israeli relations; NATO and transatlantic security. His work has appeared in numerous media outlets, including The Cipher Brief. Neubauer received his B.A. and M.A. from Yeshiva University in New York. Follow him on Twitter @SigiMideast..

Five months have passed since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic ties with Qatar on June 5 over allegations that Doha is supporting terrorism and that it embraces Iran and its regional agenda.

The dispute is not only the most significant of its kind since the establishment of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in 1981, but threatens President Donald Trump’s principal foreign policy success: his historic address to the U.S.-Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh, where he called for Arab unity against Iran’s regional agenda and joint efforts to defeat extremism.

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