That scraggly tag team of allies, the US, China, Russia, and India.
replyI can only see two natural allies here (US and India) and clear reasons why Russia and China benefit from the current order, or at least are harmed less than the US.
I don't mean they'll literally ally, I meant any one of them could guarantee the UAE.
replyAlso multiple partners don't need to ally to necessarily guarantee the UAE. UAE has been growing closer to China recently and now that UAE has left OPEC+ they could make deals with China for protection for favored oil contracts. The US could do the same.