While the UAE and Saudi Arabia can at least partly circumvent the Strait of Hormuz, other Gulf states are less fortunate.
- Associate Professor, School of Security Studies, King's College London
The UK’s bumpy relationship with Saudi Arabia will not turn on new oil supplies.
Despite often seismic political upheavals over the years, most Middle Eastern royal families have been able to weather the storms.
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