Las relaciones políticas internacionales de Catar con los miembros del Consejo de Cooperación para los Estados Árabes del Golfo en el contexto geopolítico de la región (1990-2017)

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The socio-political situation in the Middle East has been the subject of study and debate in the international political community for decades. On the other hand, the geopolitical and socio-economic scenario in which the international relations between the Middle Eastern States are played out is an issue the relevance of which increases periodically and exponentially. The synergies produced by the regional context, religious divisions, economic imbalances, the lack of freedom of speech and, in many cases, civil rights, together with the weariness of populations dominated for decades by ruling castes whose behaviour barely resembles any form of democracy, contrasted with the immense wealth and enormous reserves of hydrocarbons, the majority of which are located in these territories, have created an ideal context in which, periodically, events occur which become relevant because of their socio-political impact at both regional and international level. The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (or, to give it its internationally recognised English acronym, “GCC”) operates within this ever-changing and completely fragmented complex regional scenario. The GCC is a supra-national political institution whose principal mission is to seek out synergies and to unite the Arab countries of the southern Gulf by attempting to homogenise their political approach to critical issues...