The European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council: Towards a New Path: edited by Adel Abdel Ghafar, Silvia Colombo, Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, 267 pp., EUR 119.89 (hardcover), ISBN: 978981160278-8.

EUROPEAN Union ; GULF Cooperation Council ; PALGRAVE Macmillan Ltd.

"The European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council: Towards a New Path" is a book that examines the relationship between the EU and the GCC. The book argues that the current relationship between the two regions is primarily bilateral, with EU member states engaging with individual GCC member states rather than the GCC as a whole. The authors identify three constraints to the EU-GCC relationship: the EU's lack of a united foreign or security policy, the focus on economic engagement at the expense of political and social cooperation, and the limited number of actors involved in engagement. The book provides policy recommendations to improve the relationship, although it acknowledges the challenges of multilateral relations with the GCC. Despite some potential feasibility concerns and recent developments, the book is recommended for practitioners, bureaucrats, and specialist readers interested in in-depth analysis and research-driven policy recommendations. [Extracted from the article]

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