Derasat Publications aim to disseminate reports, research studies and analyses that offer perspectives on regional and international developments from a GCC and specifically Bahraini perspective.
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Five years after its inception, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) single market is malfunctioning in a litany of ways: there remain restrictions on the movement of goods, capital and labor across political boundaries. This paper describes the GCC single market’s malfunctions.
Recognizing that the State’s foreign policy is the outcome of internal and external factors, the political events that took place in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 2011, resulted in changing the orientation of the country’s foreign policy dramatically, especially if we consider the following factors.
A quarterly publication that provides an overview of the current state of the Bahraini economy and analyzes it. In the “Policy Focus” section, the report analyzes an important current issue faced by policymakers and provides recommendations.
GCC economic integration in general—and the single market in particular—have advanced significantly, but the current phase requires adjustments due to the appearance of various bottlenecks, principally caused by a lack of sophistication in the executive structure of the GCC.
A quarterly publication that provides an overview of the current state of the Bahraini economy and analyzes it. In the “Policy Focus” section, the report analyzes an important current issue faced by policymakers and provides recommendations.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is in the process of two massive steps towards economic integration: the establishment of a single market and the launching of a monetary union. By historical standards, the GCC is late to the game. This presents the GCC with an incredible opportunity to benefit from decades of scholarship.
This publication contains presentations from the “National Security and Regional Security of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): A Vision from Within”, organized by...
