The crisis has realigned the Gulf in a way that is certain to fuel tension.
There is no sign that the Gulf crisis will end quickly or decisively. The UAE-Saudi Arabia axis will keep up its official boycott and Qatar will continue to look for other security and economic partners inside or outside a moribund Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), but the public attacks will calm down and a sort of dysfunctional status quo will return. This is, in part, because Saudi Arabia and its partners don’t seem to have a plan B. Their hope was that Qatar would buckle quickly under the weight of the boycott, giving them a chance to renegotiate their relationship. But, this has not happened and they are doing nothing.
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