United States-Gulf Cooperation Council Security Cooperation in a Multipolar World

By Mohammed El-Katiri, U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute

Profound changes in regional geopolitical dynamics in the Arabian Gulf since the early-2000s render the region a highly challenging environment for U.S. foreign policy and military engagement. At a time of continuing domestic instability in Iraq and an increasingly isolated Iran, the geopolitical weight of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states has risen dramatically over the past 10 years; the GCC states' enormous economic power, coupled to some of the most stable political systems in the entire Middle East and North Africa region, call for continuously close U.S.-GCC relations in the security sphere as an important element in U.S. foreign policy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1312844469
• ISBN13: 9781312844469
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"