Opinion: Has US war on Iran killed the 'Gulf moment'?

In 2018, Emirati academic Abdulkhaleq Abdulla published a book titled The Gulf Moment, arguing that states such as the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia had eclipsed countries such as Egypt and Iraq - the historical core of the region - and were now projecting political, economic and cultural power on the world stage. Central to this transformation, he argued, was the deep integration of Gulf states within the global economy.