1. NATO in the Gulf: Partnership Without a Cause?
- Author:
- Jean-loup Samaan
- Publication Date:
- 10-2012
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- NATO Defense College
- Abstract:
- Eight years after NATO initiated its engagement with Gulf countries through the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI), the results have been modest, not to say disappointing. True, some recent achievements are worth mentioning: the participation in 2011 of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar in Operation Unified Protector in Libya, or the appointment, the same year, of the first UAE Ambassador to NATO, which represented an unprecedented and innovative way to strengthen the partnership.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Foreign Policy, International Cooperation, and Reform
- Political Geography:
- Middle East, Libya, Arabia, and United Arab Emirates