Inside the UAE's OPEC Exit | Tareq Alotaiba on the Gulf After Iran

The UAE just left OPEC. Weeks of Iranian missiles and drones, around 2,800 strikes absorbed by the Emirates, and a quiet realisation in Abu Dhabi that the old playbook is finished.Tareq Alotaiba, a former UAE government official now at Harvard's Belfer Center and AGSIW in Washington, joins Jim Stenman and Suzanne Kianpour on Global Power Shifts to break down what the OPEC exit really means, why the Emirates feels let down by parts of the Arab world, and how the war has changed the country's posture toward Iran, Israel, and Washington.In this episode:→ Why the UAE leaving OPEC was inevitable, war or no war→ Anwar Gargash's verdict: appeasement of Iran has failed→ The disappointment in Arab neighbours, and the ones who showed up→ Why Tareq believes the IRGC, not Iran, is the real enemy→ The Strait of Hormuz, Fujairah, and what comes next for trade→ Israel, the Abraham Accords, and the UAE's balancing act through the Gaza war→ The Muslim Brotherhood, Qatari funding, and Emirati students in Europe→ Why the UAE will rebuild ties with Iran but never trust it againTareq's recent piece for AGSIW predicted the OPEC announcement four days before it broke. This conversation is the wider story behind it.🎙 Global Power Shifts is hosted by Jim Stenman and Suzanne Kianpour.Follow on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.