Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 12/2014

The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula

Anthony H. Cordesman, Robert M. Shelala II, Omar Mohamed

September 2014

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Abstract

This paper analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the forces of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, and the problems created by the lack of effective cooperation between them and the creation of effective institutions within the Gulf Cooperation Council.