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How The Gulf Plays Both Sides In The Ukraine-Russia War (S01E166)
Thursday, October 8, 2026, Paris
Earlier this year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tried to convince Gulf countries to join the effort to counter Russia’s invasion of his country, to frame the conflict against Islamic Republic and Putin’s autocracy as part of the same war.
It was a tough sell. Russia has deep financial and diplomatic ties to the Gulf states.
In the latest episode of badlands, Anastasiya Shapochkina and Bohdan Kostiuk join me for an interview about their recent report, “Fault Lines Exposed: Russia–GCC Relations After the Iran War.” It examines the three-way…
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