The Union of the Gulf states could become a new international body
15 maggio 2012The hypothesis of the creation of Union between the six monarchies of the Persian Gulf becomes more concrete and goes beyond the mere strategic hypothesis. Although still in its infancy, the project may have significant consequences even before his birth, because the main reason for closer collaboration between the kingdoms of the Gulf, would be, firstly, to consolidate the ties between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in key anti-Iranian. The recent protests of the minority growth, behind which there would be the hand of Tehran, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia is concerned that the U.S., which strongly advocates the establishment of a closer alliance of Gulf countries, in their own tactics against the key ‘ Iran, both to prevent from near the atomic threat, both to have a platform of intervention faster in the case of precipitous deterioration of the Israeli Iranian. The desire to create a union in the Gulf is also a symptom of a voltage rise, ultimately, in the relations between Sunnis and Shiites, particularly difficult in recent times. If the problem is the question of religious supremacy of Islam in the old theological level, the comparison material between those who claim to be the legitimate representative of the actual, ie Saudi Arabia and Iran, increased tone, going to invest other problems always cause for friction between the two countries. The political intervention of Iran seeks to protect the minority growth in Bahrain, implemented with the official condemnation of the Tehran government against the decision of Riyadh to send soldiers to help the Saudi government in Manama, has led to protests against the interference of the Republic of the Ayatollah, exposing all the difficulties between the two main representatives of Islam. Also own a majority of the Iranian parliament has already been condemned in advance the project, accusing Saudi Arabia of being a force of foreign occupation on the land of Bahrain. Even the Syrian issue aggravates the crisis between the two countries, given the alliance between Damascus and Tehran opposed by Riyadh, as well as the growing Iranian influence in Iraq, grew considerably after the withdrawal of U.S. troops. What appears therefore that the option of the birth of a union representing the Gulf countries is a necessity for Saudi Arabia to stem the expanding Iranian diplomatic policy: the danger of a growing influence on population growth in the Gulf requires the choice new strategies, making it possible to shrink more and more because Sunni, understood in a broader context, beyond the purely religious significance, but also taking cognizance of the need of nations, at any latitude, to seek and experience ever new forms of union, which might enable them to deal with situations that are different. Certainly in regional stability, if this union is going to materialize, will be a subject of high importance and increased capability, able to settle the balance of existing territorial, defending their positions and also members of the monarchies of strengthening them against possible threats. However there are other causes impediments to project implementation, as well as the presence of minority growth, low levels of democracy and mutual distrust, which have not yet led to the departure of the single currency is that the customs union. But the political and economic crisis especially from the Arab spring, which arrived in the region only damped, could provide the necessary impetus to the creation of the union of the Gulf countries.
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