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Podcast: Middle East Dossier
Episode: Gulf States Amid the Iran War - Social, Economic and Diplomatic Implications
Description: Since the start of the US-Israel operation against Iran, Gulf states have experienced an unprecedented number of missile and drone attacks carried out by the Iranian regime. The rapid escalation took by surprise countries that had been largely immune to Middle Eastern conflicts since Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1991. As the outcome of the war remains uncertain, Gulf states face numerous challenges such as protecting their citizens and residents from the ongoing threat of Iranian weapons and managing the economic impacts of the conflict. In the long term, the crisis is also likely to challenge key policy priorities, in...