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Russia’s Collective Security Vision For The Gulf Is Now A Realistic Possibility

Russia’s Collective Security Vision For The Gulf Is Now A Realistic Possibility

By Andrew Korybko

The Third Gulf War is radically reshaping the Gulf Kingdoms’ perceptions of American reliability and leading them to consider the need to negotiate a post-war regional security arrangement with Iran.

Reuters reported that “Behind the scenes, resentment is mounting ​in Gulf Arab capitals at being drawn into a war they neither initiated nor endorsed but are now paying for economically and militarily”. They added that “At the same time, analysts say the war has left Gulf states reassessing both their security dependence on Washington and the prospect of eventually engaging Tehran on new regional security arrangements — even as trust in Iran has collapsed.” That would be the best outcome for everyone.

It was assessed here at the start of the Third Gulf War after Putin’s calls with regional leaders that one of the goals that his envisaged mediation aims to achieve is for the Gulf Kingdoms to rescind the permission that they gave the US to use their territories and airspaces for attacking Iran. That would force the US into the dilemma of defying them at the risk of rupturing their relations or acceding to this new regional military reality and then pursuing what would likely be a (Russian–mediated?) compromise with Iran.

As surreal as it may seem, Lindsey Graham of all people arrived at a very similar conclusion last week. He wrote on X, “why should America do a defence agreement with a country like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that is unwilling to join a fight of mutual interest?… Hopefully Gulf Cooperation Council countries will get more involved as this fight is in their backyard. If you are not willing to use your military now, when are you willing to use it? Hopefully this changes soon. If not, consequences will follow.”

The US military’s departure from the Gulf would solve three problems at once: Iran would no longer be threatened by these forces; the Gulf Kingdoms would be safer since Iran wouldn’t attack them anymore for hosting them; and the US wouldn’t have to defend partners that have proven themselves to be freeloaders. Far from the security vacuum that critics imagine would follow, the Gulf Kingdoms and Iran could begin work on a three-phased regional security plan mediated by their shared Russian partner.

The end goal is for the Gulf Kingdoms and Iran to agree to Russia’s long-proposed Collective Security Concept for the region that readers can learn more about in detail here. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also recently referenced it when articulating Russia’s official position towards the Third Gulf War and its hopes for the direction in which the region will go afterwards no matter how unlikely it might now seem to some. Two preliminary steps are required, however, which will now briefly be touched upon.

The first is what can be described as a Gulf Non-Aggression Pact (GNAP), the specifics of which remain to be negotiated but would reasonably include limits on where certain military assets can be deployed, codes of conduct, and crisis communication channels, et al. Once this is agreed to, and it admittedly won’t be an easy task, then Iran could join the Saudi-Pakistani alliance like it’s reportedly considered doing since late last year. This can then form the core of Russia’s envisaged collective security bloc.

To review, the military-political sequence that Russia hopes to mediate in the Gulf is a cessation of hostilities through a series of reasonable mutual compromises, the departure of the US military from the region, GNAP, Iran joining the Saudi-Pak alliance, and then a collective security bloc forming afterwards. Up until the Third Gulf War began, most would have dismissed this strategic vision as a political fantasy, but Reuters’ recent report suggests that this is now a realistic possibility for the region’s post-war future.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Voice of East.

>Three Of Three< means there is
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"Are we sensing a pattern yet?"

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#ArabWorld

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2. Started a War in the middle east

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1. Crashed the economy

2. #EpsteinFiles

3. Started a War in the middle east

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#MakeAmericaDemocraticallyAgain

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>Three Of Three< means there is
a pattern...

#PoliticalCommunication

"Are we sensing a pattern yet?"

#War against #Iran & the
#ArabWorld

1. Crashed the economy

2. Started a War in the middle east

#GeorgeBush

1. Crashed the economy

2. Started a War in the middle east

#GeorgeBushJr.

1. Crashed the economy

2. #EpsteinFiles

3. Started a War in the middle east

#DonaldTrump

#MakeAmericaDemocraticallyAgain

http://youtube.com/post/UgkxEvwrlEK_Jx4rCKTtDZADN3ZlNHmEps5d?si=2Jp5__O8Z4TVlVa5

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#Somaliland has built #Peace, #Democracy, & the #RuleOfLaw without #ForeignIntervention. As the #ArabWorld faces another moment of choice, will it dare to listen to SL’s case for pragmatic #Recognition? @ArabLeagues @baruud

https://saxafimedia.com/will-the-arabs-dare-to-listen-to-somaliland/

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20th Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Longlists for All Categories

In its 20th year, Abu Dhabi-based Sheikh Zayed Book Award announces longlists for the prize selected from over 4000 submissions from 74 countries.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/12/20th-sheikh-zayed-book-award-announces-longlists-for-all-categories/

#ArabWorld #ArabicLiterature #Awards #Literature #SheikhZayedBookAward

20th Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Longlists for All Categories

In its 20th year, Abu Dhabi-based Sheikh Zayed Book Award announces longlists for the prize selected from over 4000 submissions from 74 countries.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/12/20th-sheikh-zayed-book-award-announces-longlists-for-all-categories/

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The Military-Industrial Backbone of Normalization | MERIP

(A good read.)

#Israel #UAE #US #ArabWorld #Palestine #War #Gaza #genocide #GulfStates

https://www.merip.org/2025/10/the-military-industrial-backbone-of-normalization/

The Military-Industrial Backbone of Normalization | MERIP

(A good read.)

#Israel #UAE #US #ArabWorld #Palestine #War #Gaza #genocide #GulfStates

https://www.merip.org/2025/10/the-military-industrial-backbone-of-normalization/

Creativity can also be resistance, and the Qattan Foundation helps in keeping that spark alive in empowering Palestinian artists, teachers, and young people - in Palestine - to build what comes next.

https://www.qattanfoundation.org/en

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Creativity can also be resistance, and the Qattan Foundation helps in keeping that spark alive in empowering Palestinian artists, teachers, and young people - in Palestine - to build what comes next.

https://www.qattanfoundation.org/en

#Culture #Palestine #Art #Gaza #WestBank #creativity #ArabWorld #Art4Palestine #PalestinianArt

Sheikh Sultan Makes US$1.2 Contribution To Publishers, Libraries

In his longstanding tradition, Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, makes a contribution to both publishers and libraries of his emirate, Sharjah.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/sheikh-sultan-makes-us1-2-contribution-to-publishers-libraries/

#ArabWorld #BodourAlQasimi #BookFairs #Libraries #MiddleEast

Sheikh Sultan Makes US$1.2 Contribution To Publishers, Libraries

In his longstanding tradition, Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, makes a contribution to both publishers and libraries of his emirate, Sharjah.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/sheikh-sultan-makes-us1-2-contribution-to-publishers-libraries/

#ArabWorld #BodourAlQasimi #BookFairs #Libraries #MiddleEast

#Catchoftheday
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:

"People’s power: the Arab world in revolt " by Layla al-Zubaidi

[Berlin: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 2011]

http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/108091

#arabworld #revolt #revolution #arabspring #media

في المنطقة العربية، لا ينظر إلى الشبكات الافتراضية الخاصة VPN كجريمة، بل كأداة يحكم عليها من خلال الاستخدام.

ففي الإمارات والسعودية يسمح بها للأعمال، لكنها تعتبر مخالفة إذا استُغلت لتجاوز القوانين.

بينما في مصر وقطر والأردن، الاستخدام مفتوح ضمن حدود المسؤولية.

هل الخصوصية حق مطلق؟ أم يجب أن تخضع لرقابة الدولة؟

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@GM7077

This was quite informative as well:

Israel and 'The Axis of Assistance'

https://youtu.be/Heo6QxpGWyQ

#Israel #Iran #Turkey #Azerbaijan #arabworld

أود أن أوجه تحية لجماهيري في العالم العربي! شكرًا جزيلًا لكم على الاستماع في أنغامي! سلام وتقدير، بيليكارين بوفورت
I would like to give a shout out to my fans in the Arab World
Thank you so much for listening on Anghami
Peace and love
Billykaren Beaufort

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#arabworld

#CatchOfTheDay
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:

"On the front lines of change: women in the Arab uprisings" by Isobel Coleman

[Washington/D.C: Project on Middle East Democracy, 2011]

http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/107916

#woman #ArabSpring #women’srights #Arabworld #politicalreform

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#Yemen #ArabWorld #Ansarallah #US #Israel

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Almost halfway into this episode.

Among a lot of interesting things Nesrine Malik says on the present political situation, she has some very good political advice for politicians like Starmer and Timmermans, who think being centrists, or palatable to centrists, is the way forward for the left.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mMNf4VZE8EI&list=PLLkT5TSHWFSZJeAga5pdyL6pJ9hC6h6H6&index=2&pp=iAQB

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Dear #ArabWorld, please feel free to #boycott the shit out of #OrangeShitler: he ain't our #president (50% of #Murrica with a functioning brain want him gone)

https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-glitzy-gaza-video-draws-swift-backlash-your-graveyard-2036329#Echobox=1740560826

Middle East accounts for 7.5% of global crypto volume — Chainalysis - According to the World Bank, less than 50% of adults in the Middle East ... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/middle-east-north-africa-7-5-percent-global-crypto-volume-chainalysis #cryptoadoption #northafrica #middleeast #arabworld #dubai #uae

Middle East accounts for 7.5% of global crypto volume — Chainalysis - According to the World Bank, less than 50% of adults in the Middle East ... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/middle-east-north-africa-7-5-percent-global-crypto-volume-chainalysis #cryptoadoption #northafrica #middleeast #arabworld #dubai #uae

Some fantastically enlightening analysis on the politics of #Chad vis-a-vis the current civil war in #Sudan, also with some interesting analysis of #UAE and its support for the #RSF

https://sudantransparency.org/the-implications-of-the-current-war-for-the-chad-sudan-relationship/

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Some fantastically enlightening analysis on the politics of #Chad vis-a-vis the current civil war in #Sudan, also with some interesting analysis of #UAE and its support for the #RSF

https://sudantransparency.org/the-implications-of-the-current-war-for-the-chad-sudan-relationship/

#africanpolitics #Sahel #geopolitics #OSINT #Darfur #geography #Zaghawa #ArabWorld #MENA @geography @geopolitics

@radiofreearabia @lebanon @israel

You mean Israeli retaliation against Hezbollah attacks.

@lebanon @israel

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@radiofreearabia @lebanon @israel

You mean Israeli retaliation against Hezbollah attacks.

@lebanon @israel

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New Arab Cinema Focused Int’l Sales Company MAD World Unveils Inaugural Slate Ahead Of Cannes Launch
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https://deadline.com/2024/05/arab-cinema-sales-company-mad-world-inaugural-slate-cannes-launch-1235909770/

New Arab Cinema Focused Int’l Sales Company MAD World Unveils Inaugural Slate Ahead Of Cannes Launch
#Festivals #News #Arabworld #Cannes #CannesMarket #MadSolutions #MadWorld #MENA

https://deadline.com/2024/05/arab-cinema-sales-company-mad-world-inaugural-slate-cannes-launch-1235909770/