{"id":114849,"date":"2026-05-15T07:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/114849\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T07:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:19:19","slug":"canada-catching-up-to-peers-with-new-focus-on-persian-gulf-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/114849\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada catching up to peers with new focus on Persian Gulf countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Carney government is putting an emphasis on diplomacy with Persian Gulf countries, seeking not just investment but also partnership in fields like technology and defence. University of Ottawa professor Thomas Juneau, who specializes in the region, says Canada has neglected the Gulf region for years even as peer countries seek closer ties. He says the beyond energy wealth, Gulf countries have made strides in green technology and artificial intelligence. (May 14, 2026)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carney government is putting an emphasis on diplomacy with Persian Gulf countries, seeking not just investment but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[4482,39,16582,39637],"class_list":{"0":"post-114849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-persian-gulf","8":"tag-gulf-region","9":"tag-persian-gulf","10":"tag-persian-gulf-countries","11":"tag-university-of-ottawa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116577380936199791","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}