Trump’s Unconventional Gulf Visit: Strategic Responses from Gulf States and Implications for South Korea
By Ji-Hyang Jang
Principal Fellow, Asan Institute for Policy Studies
- The Gulf visit exemplified Trump’s pragmatic, deal-driven diplomatic style—highlighting his strategy of prioritizing economic partnerships with Gulf states—and is widely seen as a calculated effort to reassert U.S. influence in the Middle East while securing substantial economic gains.
-Saudi Arabia is thus carefully balancing its strategy: responding flexibly to Iranian aggression while remaining open to U.S.-brokered normalization with Israel.
-South Korea is thus well-positioned to advance practical cooperation by leveraging areas of overlapping interest with the region.
