Analysis: The Gulf’s strategic options in a time of regional escalation

• Gulf states seek to avoid being drawn directly into US-Israel strikes on Iran’s regime while protecting security and economic stability • Regional governments balance deterrence, diplomacy and strategic diversification as war reshapes the Middle East’s security architecture DOHA: The Gulf states are treating the ongoing war between the US and Israel on one side and Iran on the other as a pivotal moment — not merely in terms of the scale of the direct military threat, but in terms of the profound transformations reshaping the region’s architecture and the new maps of power and influence they

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