Washington Must Rethink Its Security Role In The Gulf, Says Former Trump NSC Official Allison Minor

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WASHINGTON -- Iran’s latest missile attacks on US forces and bases in the region have exposed growing strains in the decades-old US-Gulf security partnership, according to Allison Minor, director of the Atlantic Council’s Project for Middle East Integration and former director for Arabian Peninsula affairs at the White House National Security Council during US President Donald Trump’s first term.

In a recent Atlantic Council analysis co-authored with Alina Romanowski, a former US ambassador to Kuwait and Iraq, Minor argued that Washington and its Persian Gulf partners should move away from a US security guarantee and toward regional integration, shared capabilities, and stronger partnerships.

RFE/RL spoke with Minor about why she believes the traditional US security model in the Gulf is no longer sustainable -- and what should replace it.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.