In the past half century, no Arab sub-regional inter-state organization has been as successful as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), established in May 1981. Next week, Bahrain will host the 33rd GCC Ministerial and Heads of State Summit in Manama (December 24-25, 2012). In an effort to explore how the GCC and its six member-countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE) achieved what they have accomplished, the Arabia, the Gulf, and the GCC Blog presents a 2006 article from Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and the only American to have been invited to each of the GCC’s Ministerial and Heads of State Summits since the GCC’s inception, which examines some of the dynamics surrounding the GCC’s formation and strategic position.
http://ncusar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2006.12.15-JDA-US-GCC%20Relations.pdf
FURTHER READING:
- John Duke Anthony – “The Future Significance of the Gulf Cooperation Council” (.pdf)
- John Duke Anthony – “The Intervention in Bahrain through the Lenses of its Supporters” (.pdf)
- John Duke Anthony – “The 2010 GCC Summit in Perspective: A Conversation with John Duke Anthony”
- John Duke Anthony – “Strategic Dynamics of Iran-GCC relations” (.pdf)