UAE vs Oman: The Gulf’s Genteel Grudge Match with Global Energy Stakes
**The Persian Gulf’s Quiet Rivalry: UAE and Oman’s Polite Cold War** While the world obsesses over flashier conflicts—nuclear saber-rattling, Twitter coups, and whatever Elon Musk did this week—two neighbors on the southeastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula are waging a war so subtle it could be mistaken for a mutual-admiration society. The United Arab Emirates…