The UAE Is Changing Rhetoric, Not Policy, Toward Iran
Foreign Affairs The UAE Is Changing Rhetoric, Not Policy, Toward Iran Even as they make conciliatory comments, the Emiratis are deepening their alignment with the American bloc. Giorgio Cafiero Jun 9, 2026 12:01 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... With recent military clashes in the Gulf, combined with continued Israeli aggression against Lebanon and Gaza, the U.S.–Iran ceasefire is increasingly vulnerable to violence in the region.
- ▪Foreign Affairs The UAE Is Changing Rhetoric, Not Policy, Toward Iran Even as they make conciliatory comments, the Emiratis are deepening their alignment with the American bloc.
- ▪Giorgio Cafiero Jun 9, 2026 12:01 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player...
- ▪With recent military clashes in the Gulf, combined with continued Israeli aggression against Lebanon and Gaza, the U.S.–Iran ceasefire is increasingly vulnerable to violence in the region.
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Foreign Affairs The UAE Is Changing Rhetoric, Not Policy, Toward Iran Even as they make conciliatory comments, the Emiratis are deepening their alignment with the American bloc. Giorgio Cafiero Jun 9, 2026 12:01 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... With recent military clashes in the Gulf, combined with continued Israeli aggression against Lebanon and Gaza, the U.S.–Iran ceasefire is increasingly vulnerable to violence in the region. Regardless of the ceasefire’s fate, the U.S.-Israel war on Iran has created a new reality in the Gulf, rendering the pre-February 28 status quo largely obsolete. Yet despite their shared concerns over regional stability, the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are unlikely to converge around a common approach to Tehran.
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