Thesis (master's)--Jāmiʻat al-Malik ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, 1979-1980. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-218).

Thesis (master's)--Jāmiʻat al-Malik ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, 1979-1980. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-218).

The objective of this study is to develop a structural analysis of the relationship.  In addition it investigates the capability of the EU in playing an effective role in the region through strengthening security and political cooperation with the Gulf Cooperation states. As a result of the study it seems that economic integration is the most successful in any regional grouping, especially if this assembly includes similar economies and political structures.  Political and security or military integration between regional groupings prove most complex as these issues represent the identity and sovereignty of the State.  States do not wish to let them to be run by an outside constituency as they symbolize the pride of the state individuality.  This could be seen from the failure of the EU in ratifying the Constitution and Lisbon Treaties.  For the GCC their political cooperation is limited to coordination through their annual Supreme Council Summit, the annual consultation meetings of the heads of states and quadrate Ministerial Council meetings.  In the military integration of the GCC formed forces faced obstacles including limited personnel, the quality of training and standardization of procurement of military weapons. The study concluded that cooperation between the GCC and the EU does not reflect the importance of their economic, historical ties and geographical proximity even though the GCC represents a geostrategic magnitude to the European Union reflected in being a source of energy and a pivotal connection between the three continents (Europe, Africa and Asia).

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1985. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-411).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1985. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-411).

Thesis (M. S.)--International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Dr. Dan Breznitz; Committee Member: Dr. Fei-ling Wang; Committee Member: Dr. Zak Taylor.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Aberdeen University, 2009. / Title from web page (viewed on Feb. 23, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

The formation of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) in 1981 was perceived by most observers to be a collective security response to the Iran-Iraq war. Despite this view, the group has endured ten years of integration in a turbulent region and has survived: external threats to its sovereignty, Islamic fundamentalism, the decline of oil prices, internal unrest, attempted coups, and the invasion and occupation of a constituent member. This poses the question: has the integration of these countries proved to be a success? This thesis attempts to answer this question with the aid of a three dimensional analysis. The first dimension examines the theory and practice of integration. Its primary objective is to provide an insight into integration. As the GCC can, at best, be categorised as a Customs Union, this chapter concentrates on Free Trade Areas and Customs Union theories and explores their relationships with tariffs, protectionism, developing countries, and politics. A review of the empirical analyses in the field is essential due to the fact that a mathematical technique is applied to GCC trade in the latter part of this thesis. The existence of political, economic and manpower factors are found to be more detrimental to the GCC's interests than its adherence or convergence to the theory and practice of integration. An analysis of these three factors constitutes the second dimension of the thesis. This commences by examining the Islamic antecedents of the member countries, pan-Islamism and nationalism in the 19th century, and Middle Eastern efforts at integration from the decline of the Ottoman Empire to the present. The establishment of the existing GCC nations and an examination of their natural resources, demography, industry, infrastructure, agriculture, and fisheries is covered, as is the impact of the 1990-91 occupation of Kuwait and the BCCI liquidation. A review of manpower factors includes an examination of the labour market in the pre and post 1973 period with emphasis given to the role of expatriate and indigenous labour. In addition, the influence of education, women in the workforce, nationality, and residence policies on indigenous labour is discussed. The third dimension reviews the prospects of the GCC. This is performed through the construction and utilisation of matrices which examine the similarity or dissimilarity of GCC trade to the World, Developed and Developing Countries. United Nations Standard Industrial Trade Category (SITC) data up to 3-digits, has been used to construct twenty seven 22 x 22 matrices. Nine of these matrices indicate GCC trade with the Rest of the World and are linked to economic and financial literature on the Gulf in order to examine their credibility. Eighteen matrices which indicate trade with the Developing and Developed World indentify potential trade creation, trade diversion and prospects. It is the conclusion of the thesis that the GCC has not succeeded in its integration efforts. The lack of co-ordination to perform as a single unit in economic, political, and military areas, the undemocratic political systems, the exploitation of expatriate labour, the segregation of indigenous labour, and most importantly, the wasted opportunities indicated by the matrices of greater trade creation with the Developed and Developing Countries contribute significantly to the ineffectiveness of the group.

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