Tag: Gulf Cooperation Council

The U.S. is also stepping up its diplomatic profile by providing significant monetary assistance to ASEAN.

According to the rhetoric of U.S. officials, ties with GCC states are a top foreign policy priority.

There are many opportunities for increased cooperation between the U.S. and the GCC.

[E]ach successive U.S. administration has made strategic mistakes in their relations with Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

[T]he link between the chaos of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and American commitments to its allies in the Arabian Peninsula has been greatly exaggerated.

[T]he U.S.' aggressive stance against Iran does not necessarily mean that it is ready to protect the GCC countries from Tehran’s ambitions.

With so many shared interests, it is a foregone conclusion that the U.S. and the GCC states would benefit greatly from an upgrading of their partnership.

America knows no one's loyalty, it believes only in its interests, and lies in the name of justice, equality and support for democracy.

If Western countries are facing terrorism, the majority of Muslim countries, too, are victims of this curse.

Without a doubt ... American attitudes and policies no longer serve our interests, but threaten them.