Relations between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council States
Subtitle: past record and promises for the future
By: Giacomo Luciani, Tobias Schumacher
Contributors: Schumacher, Tobias
Series: Research papers; Research papers (Markaz al-Khalīj lil-Abḥāth)
Publisher: Gulf Research Center
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Foreign economic relations; Foreign relations; Politics and government; Gulf Cooperation Council; European Union
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The pattern of bilateral relations between individual EU member states and the GCC: the roots of the preference for bilateralism; title: A comparative analysis of the structural nature and mandate of the EU and the GCC: obstacles for improved collective inter-regional cooperation; title: EU-GCC relations in light of earlier inter-regional initiatives; title: The Cooperation Agreement of 1989: implementation and results; title: Proposals and potential fields for increased cooperation in the future; title: Latest developments and the run-up to the conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement; title: The future of EU-GCC relations in the context of EU enlargement, 'wider Europe' and regime change in Iraq.