The Wheels Are Coming Off – LobeLog
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Par #Gary_Sick
Yemen was supposed to yield to overwhelming power. Qatar was supposed to collapse under siege. Iran was supposed to fold when faced with maximum economic pressure. Even the presentation of the economic portion of the Deal of the Century in Bahrain failed to attract the level of investors that had been expected.
There are major shifts in the balance of power underway in the Persian Gulf. They are not what the Trump administration anticipated.