Relations between the European Union (EU) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are at a crossroads. After the derailment of the negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in 2008, the cooperation between the two regional blocs has remained low-key in a number of different areas, while the unprecedented changes that have taken place in [...]
The Sharaka reports are now available in Arabic: Need to Rethink the EU-GCC Strategic Relation = الحاجة إلى إعادة التفكير في علاقة الاتحاد الأوروبي ودول مجلس التعاون الخليجي الاستراتيجية Maritime Security Cooperation Provides Opportunities to Concretely Enhance EU-GCC Relations = يوفر التعاون الأمني البحري فرصا متاحة وعملية لتعزيز العلاقات بين الاتحاد الأوروبي ودول مجلس التعاون [...]
Sharaka Research Paper nr.9 by Fatma Al Araimi and Cinzia Bianco This paper addresses the way the GCC region is presented in the EU media and vice versa, in a time in which perceptions and misperceptions could influence negatively the consistent flows of international investments that are instrumental to the diversification of the Gulf economies [...]