Debate: Will closer Iran-Russia military ties harm Moscow-GCC relations?

Military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran has reached an unprecedented level following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the eruption of the Gaza war. While short of a military alliance, the growing partnership has raised concerns among Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states. Will deepend Russian involvement in the region with Iran—and Iranian allies—negatively affect Moscow’s ties with Gulf Arab capitals? Amwaj.media invited three experts to share their views on what may lie ahead.

• Anna Borshchevskaya is a Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute’s Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition and the Middle East.
  
  
• Mehran Haghirian is the Director of Regional Initiatives at the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation.
  
  
• Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is a Research Fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.