
Marc Sievers
Abu Dhabi-based business consultant and Middle East policy analyst; former U.S. Ambassador to Oman (2016–2019) and inaugural director of AJC Abu Dhabi.
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Sep 18, 2026
Episode 313 | The Abraham Accords six years on
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Richard PaterHOST
So How is it like personally and as a society and relate to that Iranian threat?

Marc SieversGUEST
I was invited to a conference in India in mid-March and actually got one of the first planes out of Abu Dhabi airport after it had been shut, after being hit by rockets.

Marc SieversGUEST
But that was three days and we came right back and we have felt very, very secure here.

Marc SieversGUEST
The air defenses, the layered defenses, We're tremendously successful and very, very impressive.

Marc SieversGUEST
I think the first couple of days, we heard a lot of booms and once or twice encountered some debris in the streets from falling trees.
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Richard PaterHOST
You alluded to it at the beginning, but I wondered now kind of the elephant in the room being the Saudi Arabia, where does Israel stand on that? And that kind of a second part of the question is specifically relating also to you mentioned before the tension over Bab al-Mandeb, if there is some potential cooperation behind the scenes between Israel and Saudi Arabia in a more meaningful sense.