This Is Not the End — But It Is the End of Illusions
Saudi–UAE tensions did not begin in Yemen:
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OPEC disputes (2021)
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Sudan’s RSF backing
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Somaliland recognition
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Competing visions of Gulf order
But Yemen is where abstraction ended.
This is the first time Saudi Arabia:
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Named the UAE in an operational context
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Acted militarily with that accusation on record
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Forced a visible Emirati climbdown
The “cold war” is now managed confrontation.









































