Geopolitics
The Fractured Lighthouse: Europe, the Gulf, and the Desperate Scramble Away from a Failing Western Order
European and Gulf Arab states are forging a strategic partnership based on shared infrastructure, defense industry collaboration, and AI-driven warfare capabilities to secure their interests amid a receding US-led order and regional instability. This desperate realignment, born from Western ambivalence and fueled by the trauma of war, is a damning indictment of the hypocrisy and failure of the so-called 'rules-based order' that has long served only the imperial interests of the Atlantic powers.