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Asian-Led Collective Security for the Gulf Arab States

Oct 4, 2019 | 10:00 GMT

The photo shows Saudi King Salman shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony in Beijing on March 16, 2017.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to Beijing in March 2017. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states are increasingly willing to explore security arrangements beyond the United States.

(LINTAO ZHANG/Pool/Getty Images)

With heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf, it may be time for the region's Arab states to recalibrate their security arrangements, and Asian countries -- which are the region's main economic partners -- could play a role....

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