Gulf-co-operation counsel: what next for the region
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The Economist
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🗓️ 30 June 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
With Iran emboldened and America an ever more capricious security partner, Gulf countries face several post-war challenges. They should put their divides aside to tackle them. We dig one last time into our archive to chronicle American history, bringing our series up to the present day. And the mounting evidence that plants can “hear”.
Guests and host:
- Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent
- Annie Crabill, senior digital editor
- Matt Kaplan, science correspondent
- Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- Iran war, Middle East geopolitics
- American history, semiquincentennials
- plants, biology, science
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:09.8 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:14.1 | And I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 0:19.1 | Today on the show, our America at 250 series concludes and how plants use the sound around them. |
| 0:30.6 | First up, though. |
| 0:39.7 | Okay, how about a couple of quick questions? |
| 0:42.4 | On Iran, Mr. President? |
| 0:44.6 | You said that Iran violated the ceasefire. |
| 0:47.3 | Will they face any consequences? |
| 0:49.4 | You'll find out. |
| 0:53.5 | You'd hardly have known over the weekend there was an Iran war ceasefire in place. |
| 0:59.1 | I don't like the fact that they took a shot. |
| 1:03.1 | Day after day, attacks on and from Iran. |
| 1:07.5 | Attacks on U.S. allies, Bahrain and Kuwait, an apparent response to U.S. Central Command, |
| 1:12.1 | confirming airstrikes on Iran overnight. |
| 1:14.7 | It's also hard to figure out the state of negotiations between America and Iran. |
| 1:19.4 | American officials said there would be more high-level talks in Qatar this week. |
| 1:23.7 | Iran's deputy foreign minister said yesterday that there wouldn't. |
| 1:27.6 | In short, it's all still uncertain, and that uncertainty for Iran and for all its regional neighbors |
| 1:33.5 | may be the most potent and lasting harm of this war. |
| 1:37.7 | The Gulf states aren't total strangers to conflict. |
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