The European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council. Towards a New Path
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the various dimensions of the relationship between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council, and highlights how relations are yet to reach their full potential. Despite both parties sharing a number of common interests, including trade, energy, climate change, security and cultural cooperation, the multilateral cooperation framework remains limited, with most engagement taking place bilaterally, between individual European and GCC countries. The book reassesses the potential and prospects for the EU’s engagement with GCC countries based on the recalibration and reconciliation of both parties’ national and regional interests. Taking a thematic approach, each of the three sections of the book examines a key dimension of the relationship, its current status and its path forward.
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Dati bibliografici
Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, xxv, 248 p. (Contemporary Gulf Studies) -
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ISBN/ISSN/DOI:
978-981-16-0278-8; 978-981-16-0279-5 (ebk)
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction / Adel Abdel Ghafar and Silvia Colombo, p. 1-8
Overcoming Structural Constraints in EU-GCC Relations: The Format, the Content and the Actors / Silvia Colombo, p. 9-32
Tailoring a Local Approach: Extending EU Policy Objectives to Facilitate Technical and Vocational Education to Work Transitions in Saudi Arabia / Hanaa Almoaibed, p. 33-55
Cultural and Religious Diplomacy as Soft Power in EU-GCC Relations / Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, p. 57-78
Domestic Economic Plans and Visions and Opportunities for Cooperation with Europe / Cinzia Bianco and Sebastian Sons, p. 79-104
Navigating the New Era: Energy and Environmental Considerations in EU-GCC Relations / Steven Wright, p. 105-123
EU-GCC Trade and Investments / Omar Al-Ubaydli, p. 125-152
EU-GCC Parliamentary Relations: Multilateral Challenges, Bilateral Gains / Courtney Freer, p. 153-185
EU Approaches to the Gulf Crisis / Christian Koch, p. 187-206
Gulf Security Architecture and the Potential Role of Europe / Adel Abdel Ghafar and Andrew Leber, p. 207-237
Conclusion: EU-GCC Relations at a Crossroads / Adel Abdel Ghafar and Silvia Colombo, p. 239-244
Index, p. 245-248