Gulf states need greater security autonomy, but US remains key, experts say

Gulf states need to strengthen their national and collective defence capabilities while retaining the United States as a central security partner, experts said during a panel discussion at Hili forum.Prof. Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, Non-Resident Senior Associate at ECSSR, identified Iran as the principal long-term threat to Gulf security and argued that the region could not manage the challenge through national efforts alone. “There’s no way you can attempt to do this on your own,” Abdulla said. Discu...

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