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The Trump Administration's Strategy for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf
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The Trump Administration's Strategy for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf
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S268667300015580-8-
DOI
10.31857/S268667300015580-8
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Nikolay Bobkin 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0009-8699
Affiliation: Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, RAS
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Edition
Issue 7
Pages
95-111
Abstract

Under President Trump, the Persian Gulf has become the source of a significant increase in instability in the Middle East. The policy of maximum pressure on Iran involved strengthening the US presence and strengthening cooperation with Arab allies. The purpose of this article is to analyze the internal and external aspects of Trump's Gulf strategy. The article examines its policy towards Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. The main attention is paid to the analysis of the decisions of the President of the U.S.A that led to the growth of military tension. There are well-grounded arguments in defense of the scientific hypothesis put forward by the author that the emphasis on commercial relations and arms sales was a decisive factor in Trump's strategy. This led to the abandonment of US policy criticizing the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia, the renewal of US military intervention in the war in Yemen, and America's return to the supply of the most modern weapons to the United Arab Emirates. It is shown that the deepening of military cooperation with the Gulf states was aimed at increasing the security of Israel and changing the balance of power not in favor of Iran.

Keywords
President Trump, USA, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, Qatari crisis, confrontation with Iran, sales of American weapons
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05.05.2021
Date of publication
06.07.2021
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