As soon as searching for de-escalation, Saudi Arabia now sees ‘no coexistence’ with hardline Iran

Nadia Massih is happy to welcome Natasha Lindstaedt, Creator, Professor of Authorities on the College of Essex. The unfolding battle reveals a profound shift in Gulf strategic pondering, Professor Lindstaedt argues, pushed much less by ideological ambition than by accrued insecurity. What started as a powerful choice for de-escalation has progressively given strategy to a extra hard-edged evaluation of regional realities. The persistence of assaults, significantly on vital infrastructure, has bolstered the notion that coexistence with a hardline Iranian regime could not be viable.