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Afkār is a publication of the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, providing short-form analyses, insights, and perspectives on regional issues and developments from the Council's experts and outside contributors. Afkār is published in English and Arabic, and is edited by Omar H. Rahman.
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Sultan Mohammed Al-Nuaimi

Director General, the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR)

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His Excellency Dr. Sultan Mohammed Al-Nuaimi is the Director General of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) in Abu Dhabi. He holds a PhD in Political Thought and has worked in academia as an associate professor and faculty member at Abu Dhabi University. His work centers on strategic research, public policy, and regional and international affairs, contributing to intellectual dialogue and policy analysis in the UAE and the wider Middle East.

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Six, or One Bloc of Six? 
As competing narratives emerge from the U.S.–Israeli war against Iran, the real question for the Gulf lies not in who won the war but in what comes next: whether the GCC will continue to operate as six separate states or evolve into a unified strategic bloc capable of confronting an increasingly volatile regional order.
Sultan Mohammed Al-Nuaimi

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