Gulf Cooperation Council's Challenges and Prospects

Published by AlJazeera Centre for Studies, this dossier, titled Gulf Cooperation Council's Challenges and Prospects, offers an assessment of inter-GCC cooperation in various fields over the more than three decades since the organisation’s inception.
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Published by AlJazeera Centre for Studies, this dossier, titled Gulf Cooperation Council's Challenges and Prospects, offers an assessment of inter-GCC cooperation in various fields over the more than three decades since the organisation’s inception. With chapters by top researchers and experts on the GCC, the collection also attempts to predict the GCC’s future directions in the light of regional and international developments and challenges.

 Chapter Author 
 Introduction  Dr. Jamal Abdullah
AlJazeera Centre for Studies
2  GCC's Formation: The Official Version  Dr. Omar Said Al Hassan
Chairperson of the Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies, London
 Khaliji Public Opinion on the GCC  Ghassan Alshihaby
Researcher, writer and journalist
 GCC's Economic Cooperation and Integration: Achievements and Hurdles  Dr. Khalid Shams Abdulqader
Professor at Qatar University College of Business and Economics
5  Gulf Military Cooperation: Tangible Gains or Limited Results?  Dr. Zafer Alajmi
Executive Director of the Alkhaleej Monitoring Group
6  Gulf Union: Imperative or Elective?  Dr. Yahya Alzahrani
Naif Arab University for Security Sciences
7  GCC Membership Expansion: Possibilities and Obstacles  Dr. Saud Al Tamamy
Assistant Professor at King Saud University
8  GCC's 2014 Crisis: Causes, Issues and Solutions  Islam Khalid Hassan
Researcher at Qatar University
9  Impact of Political Sectarianism and Terrorism on Gulf Security  Dr. Ahmed Alazdi
Researcher on strategy and GCC security
10  Water Security in the Gulf Region  Dr. Taha Al-Farra
Professor at Naif Arab University for Security Sciences
11  Energy Alternatives and the Future of Oil and Gas in the Gulf  Dr. Jassim Hussain
Economist
12 Summary and Results  Al Jazeera Center for Studies