Is Iran’s war made it necessary to reassess the U.S. security role in the Persian Gulf?

🔸 Recent missile and drone attacks by the Iranian government on U.S. forces and bases in the region have, according to Allison Meiner, a former senior official of the U.S. National Security Council, exposed growing gaps and challenges in the decades-long security partnership between the United States and the Persian Gulf countries.

🔸 The project director of “Middle East Integration” at the Atlantic Council think tank and the former director of Arabian Peninsula affairs at the U.S. National Security Council during Donald Trump’s first presidential term, in a note published together with Alina Romanowsky, the former U.S. ambassador to Kuwait and Iraq, says Washington and its Arab partners in the Persian Gulf should move away from the model of “security guarantees by the United States” and move toward regional convergence, the development of shared capabilities, and strengthening security partnerships.

🔸 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has discussed this with her, including why she believes the traditional U.S. security model in the Persian Gulf is no longer sustainable and what model should replace it.

🔸 You can find the full interview on Radio Farda’s website.