Road to Riyadh: Bridging the Gulf
As US President Barack Obama prepares to attend a summit with Gulf
Cooperation Council leaders in Riyadh on April 21, the Atlantic
Council’s Barry Pavel has some words of advice: The United States must
not be neutral in its relationships with its Arab Gulf partners and
Iran.
US President Barack Obama (center) hosted the six-nation Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) at Camp David in Maryland on May 14, 2015.
From left are United Arab Emirates’ Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin
Zayed al-Nahyan; Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa;
Oman’s Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said; the Emir
of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; the Emir of Qatar,
Sheikh Tameem bin Hamad Al Thani; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef;
and GCC Secretary General Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani.
(Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
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