The Korea Times
NEW YORK — The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has done much more than destabilize the Middle East, trigger a surge in energy and other prices, and disrupt the global economy. It has also left US allies and rivals scrambling to respond to an unpredictable and unreliable superpower. The result is an historic geopolitical realignment that will shift the global balance of power over the next decade. Of course, the war’s effects are most immediate and profound in the region where it is being fought. It has already helped persuade many Gulf Arab states that the Gulf Cooperation Council — a loose diplomatic, economic, and security arrangement long plagued by infighting — is no longer fit for purpose. The war also intensifies the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which recently announced its intent to end its nearly six-decade membership in OPEC. The UAE will now align more closely with Israel on intelligence, technology, and security, in hopes of crippling the Iranian regime. Saudi Arabia, by contrast, will try to find ways to live peacefully alongside the I
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