Meeting Security Challenges in the Gulf: Ideal Solutions and Practical Steps

... 1990. There are absolutely no reasons to believe that one can successfully implement in the Gulf region, not to mention the MENA region at large, a model that has failed in a most spectacular way in Europe. One of the fundamental principles of any international ... ... However, as the recent Qatari crisis has demonstrated, it is not always easy to reach consensus even among generally like-minded Gulf monarchies. Despite a recent rapprochement between Qatar and the KSA/UAE coalition, it would be premature to argue that the integrity of the GCC has been successfully restored [ 12 ]. It is still more difficult to agree on a ‘legitimate’ role for the Islamic Republic ...