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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Tactical nukes were floated inside Trump's circle, with a specific mountain bunker in mind. Defense analyst Dr. Andreas Krieg says the proposal was raised seriously before cooler heads intervened, with the MOAB, the largest non-nuclear bomb America has, offered as the alternative: "You let that genie out of... show more

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Dr. Andreas Krieg (Dr Andreas Krieg) | Gulf Security Expert | Institute of Middle Eastern Studies: The UAE is a federation of 7 emirates - but under Mohammed bin Zayed, it has become increasingly Abu Dhabi-centric. Foreign policy, security & statecraft are all determined by the al-Nahyan. Everyone else falls in line. Abu Dhabi's strategic culture is Machiavellian, zero-sum & deterministic - rooted in Bedouin inland heritage, less commercially minded than the coastal emirates like Dubai. This culture is now conflated with UAE strategy as a whole, but it isn't. There is internal friction. Dubai's mercantile culture favors engagement & multilateral solutions over confrontation. On Iran, Abu Dhabi is pushing deterrence & force - even with Israel if necessary. That is not in Dubai's interest. But Abu Dhabi dictates the terms.

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