Drama in the Gulf
“Saudi Arabia and Iran are already engaged in proxy wars in Yemen and Syria,” Carsten Fritsch of Commerzbank gravely notes, before throwing up this zinger: “Any direct military dispute between the two hegemonic powers in the Middle East would have grave consequences for global oil supply.” What?
Neither Iran nor Saudi Arabia is a hegemonic power. There i…
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