Atlas of the Middle East Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
Daniel Gallington and Abraham Wagner, Washington Times: A Middle East strategic alliance
The Trump administration is quietly pushing ahead with a plan for a new security and political alliance with six Gulf Arab states, Egypt and Jordan, in part to counter Iran’s expansion in the Middle East. The plan, which some in the White House and Middle East are calling an “Arab NATO” of Sunni Muslim allies can clearly be seen as one way to counter expansionism by Shi’ite Iran and referred to as the Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA).
At a time when many are rethinking the utility of alliances such as NATO, this one could be a highly useful in dealing with the very real and immediate problems posed by Iran. Hopefully, it will be a subject for a summit provisionally scheduled for Washington in October.
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WNU Editor: I do not see such an alliance formally happening now. But many of these countries are cooperating today, and it is very possible that such a military alliance will be establsihed a few years from now.
