{"id":949,"date":"2026-02-13T09:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/?p=949"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:31:01","slug":"the-gccs-economic-diplomacy-in-a-multi-polar-world-new-article-for-middle-east-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/2026\/02\/13\/the-gccs-economic-diplomacy-in-a-multi-polar-world-new-article-for-middle-east-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The GCC&#8217;s Economic Diplomacy in a Multi-Polar World&#8217; &#8211; new article for Middle East Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2018The GCC\u2019s Economic Diplomacy in a Multi-Polar World\u2018 in <em>Middle East Journal<\/em>, Vol. 79, No. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"602\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Main_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Main_1.png 602w, https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Main_1-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Main_1-600x129.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Trump&#8217;s 2025 return ushered in protectionist trade policies that have reshaped global economic relationships, presenting the Gulf Cooperation Council monarchies with both strategic challenges and opportunities.\u00a0While subjected to a relatively modest 10 percent tariff, they must carefully navigate their deepening economic ties with China\u2014now their largest trading partner\u2014alongside advanced negotiations with the UK and EU.\u00a0The Gulf thus faces a critical policy juncture, balancing traditional US relationships against rapidly expanding Asian partnerships as well as fresh European integration prospects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full article available <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mej.mei.edu\/content\/79\/1\/mej-7901-7\/tab-article\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018The GCC\u2019s Economic Diplomacy in a Multi-Polar World\u2018 in Middle East Journal, Vol. 79, No. 1, 2026. Trump&#8217;s 2025 return[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":951,"href":"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}