Executive Summary
On December 7-9, 2021, the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington held its sixth UAE Security Forum, with the theme “U.S.-Gulf Relations in a Changing Region.” Convened virtually, the forum brought together a diverse group of experts from the United States and the Gulf region. Discussions focused on the new contours of relations between the United States and the Gulf Arab states, the recalibrated military posture of the United States in the Middle East, and the difficulty, for the Gulf Arab states, to find a new security equilibrium, at a time of clear multipolarity in international relations, and with the growing threat of nonstate armed groups.