“There's a difficult dilemma facing the Emirati authorities now. They are increasingly under threat from the Houthis, but at the same time … we've had a pretty extensive military campaign in Yemen and rather than reduce the missile threats to the GCC states, what we've seen instead is an increase in that threat. If the UAE decides to target the Houthis more aggressively, that would be stoking tensions further and triggering a downwards spiral. It's going to have to be something that goes beyond just purely defensive military posture … It will have to involve diplomacy, efforts to increase the resilience of critical civilian and energy infrastructure in the country.”
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