About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the Iran war on Gulf countries, focusing on the UAE's departure from OPEC and its relations with Saudi Arabia and Israel.

Why did the UAE announce its departure from OPEC? What does this have to do with the Iran war, relations with Saudi Arabia and Israel and the role of the United States? To answer these questions and more, I spoke to Michael Stephens, RUSI Middle East expert and Gulf affairs specialist. If you would like to support this podcast please consider taking out a paid subscription to my Substack arthursnell.substack.com or if you don't want the hassle of a subscription you can buy me a coffee! ko-fi.com/snellarthur If you want to buy any of the books talked about in this show, please support independent bookshops by using Bookshop.org with this link: ⁠https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/behindthelines⁠ Thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Arthur Snell

Guest: Michael Stephens

Topics covered

• Iran War
• Gulf Countries
• OPEC
• UAE
• Saudi Arabia
• Israel
• US Relations

Keywords

• Iran War
• UAE
• OPEC
• Saudi Arabia
• Israel
• Gulf Affairs
• Michael Stephens

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RUSI, United States

Places: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel

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