Show Notes
Every region-watcher was stunned over past week as the anti-Houthi forces in Yemen suffered an extremely brutal reversal—with global consequences. Aimen lifts up the curtain of inter-Gulf politics to help Thomas understand better what went wrong, and why Saudi Arabia's confused foreign policy may deserve the lion's share of the blame.
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Aimen and Thomas discuss:
Did Iran dupe Saudi Arabia?
How the Houthis humiliated their rivals
Mocha falls: Bab al-Mandab exposed
Saudi Arabia’s oil lifeline gets hit
Why Yemen’s anti-Houthi coalition imploded
The bitter Saudi-UAE divorce
Has Qatar reshaped Saudi foreign policy?
Why Trump refused MBS’s rescue call
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