Are we seeing the calm before the storm in the Gulf?
The Gulf states need calm for economic growth and security, but it all depends on what the United States and Iran do next.
Less than three weeks after US strikes killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, and Iran retaliated with strikes on US forces in Iraq, the war fever in the Persian Gulf seems to have passed. Or there is some powerful acetaminophen in the air.
At least that was my impression following visits to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this month.
