How the Gulf Countries Are Responding to Iran’s Attacks

According to U.S. President Donald Trump, “the biggest surprise” of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has been Tehran’s drone and missile attacks on the Gulf countries. Countries such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have spent years building themselves into global hubs for business, finance, energy, and aviation. Part of that deal was a secure environment backstopped by the presence of U.S. military bases. Have Iran’s attacks pierced the Gulf’s bubble of security? Will the Gulf countries now join U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran? Or will the events of the last week make them…