A foreign diplomat adds that countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which might in the past have blocked a Gulf upstart from flaunting such ambition, no longer have the will to try.

一名外交官补充表示，像埃及和沙特阿拉伯等这样的国家过去兴许会阻止这样一名海湾新贵如此炫耀自己的野心，而他们则没有意愿尝试。