Dr. @Dania_Thafer: "The U.S.’s gradual retreat is a key factor in causing security dilemmas that induced the #Gulf crisis. Now that the U.S. is forced to shift its attention inward, due to the global #pandemic, security fears of smaller Gulf states will accelerate."

Dr. Abdulla Baabood @abaabood: "The defragmented #GCC has created cracks in the regional security system, making it difficult for its international partners, especially security partners like the US, to collectively work with the region to face the growing challenges and threats"

Dr. Mahjood Zweiri (@mzweiri): "Unification or increased integration is no longer a viable strategy for the #GCC if and when the crisis ends, as the basis and definition of each has been undeniably altered. Instead, new dynamics are shaping a new way to move forward."

Dr. @courtneyfreer: "Accompanying this polarization, we have seen a rise of nationalism across the #Gulf states, again entrenching divisions along national lines, where there had previously been at least a degree of a cross-GCC solidarity."

.@Dr_Ulrichsen: "If even the reassertion of a common external threat – from #Iran and its regional proxies – or a common regional challenge – from #COVID19 – cannot resolve the #Gulf crisis, one is tempted to ask, what can?"

Ambassador Gerald Feierstein (@j_feierstein): "As governments in the region grapple with the domestic fallout of the pandemic, their priority will certainly be ensuring internal stability rather than sustaining regional competitions."