A Growing Gulf Between Nations: Saudi Arabia and the UAE struggle during the war on Iran

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The Gulf has been a key target for Iranian missiles and drones. Iran has struck infrastructure, oil and gas installations, civilian areas, and US military bases. These attacks have struck at the heart of the Gulf's image as a safe and stable environment.  While the region deals with Iranian attacks, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been working out how to deal with each other. The Saudi-Emirati rivialry has been rumbling on for a number of years now, and during this conflict, they both have conflicting ideas about how to deal with Iran, who they should be allied with, and how they can protect their economies.  This week, how have the Saudi and Emirati economies been impacted by the war? Why did the UAE leave OPEC? And what do these two competing regional powers what in Iran? Joining us to discuss the UAE and how it has been impacted by the war is Giorgio Cafiero (@GiorgioCafiero (https://x.com/GiorgioCafiero) ), CEO of Gulf State Analytics (@GulfStateAnalyt (https://x.com/GulfStateAnalyt) ), and adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University (@Georgetown (https://x.com/Georgetown) ). And to guide us through Saudi Arabia, we speak with Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (@Dr_Ulrichsen (https://x.com/Dr_Ulrichsen) ), Fellow for the Middle East at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy (@BakerInstitute (https://x.com/BakerInstitute) ). This podcast is written and produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge (https://twitter.com/hugogoodridge) ). Theme music by Omar al-Fil with additional music from Audio Network. To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts (https://twitter.com/TNAPodcasts)  or email podcast@newarab.com