Giorgio Cafiero, CEO of Gulf State Analytics, discusses the escalating proxy war in Yemen, which has sparked “an unprecedented crisis in the Saudi-UAE alliance.” As the UAE and Israel seek to fragment Yemen, Cafiero explains how the war reveals a growing “axis of fragmentation” reshaping the region, with the UAE and Israel working together to fragment “fragile countries”—from Sudan to Yemen. He adds, “Most GCC states now see Israel, not Iran, as the biggest threat to Gulf security.”
