Pool, I don't think they can afford to drop any orders of newer ac. If they do, they will fall way behind on the order book which would make them less competitive in the future.
Sounds logic, but what to do with the new shiny jets if you can't fly to the desired destinations?
You can haul to Dubai as many people from the subcontinent as possible, they don't want to stay there, they want to go West. However the West does not want EK to do the major part of transporting, so EK will probably not be ready to buy as many jets. Eventually the subcontinental airlines will step in and not only buy A320neo's, but some long-haul models and will start flying more intensively to the West. The same countries and companies will be unhappy again and extend protectionism.
Finally they will have to either soak up the orders with taxpayers money (not making enough profit to finance them) to serve the passenger demand and the aircraft production lines. Or the offer will diminish as a result of this protectionism/regulation.
This might not even be a bad thing, in view of the problems 'pollution' and 'migration'. But it would certainly not have been the intent of the protectionist fraction.
It's trivial.