Why the EU, for all its problems, is still a model for the Arab world

“The European Union (EU) both as an institution and in light of its historical development has on numerous occasions been mentioned as having a possible model character for the Gulf region, specifically as far as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is concerned. Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman of the Gulf Research Center, examines to what degree this comparison applies and what both sides can learn from one another.”