The Gulf Security Architecture: Partnership with the Gulf Cooperation Council

Download or read book The Gulf Security Architecture: Partnership with the Gulf Cooperation Council written by Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-02 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home to more than half of the world's oil reserves and over a third of its natural gas, the stability of the Persian Gulf is critical to the global economy. A confluence of events in the Middle East-the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, the Arab Revolutions in 2011, and the ongoing concerns over Iran's nuclear program-have raised questions about the security of the Gulf region, as well as our relations with the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).