{"id":7,"date":"2022-09-09T04:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T04:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/?p=7"},"modified":"2022-09-12T17:38:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T17:38:33","slug":"what-is-the-gcc-a-brief-introduction-to-the-gulf-cooperation-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/2022\/09\/09\/what-is-the-gcc-a-brief-introduction-to-the-gulf-cooperation-council\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the GCC? &#8211; A Brief Introduction to the Gulf Cooperation Council."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">A Geographic Perspective:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Border Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a collection of States located in the Middle East. It shares land borders with Jordan, Iraq, and Yemen, along with coastal borders to Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea.<\/p>\n<p>The Countries included are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n<li>United Arab Emirates (UAE)<\/li>\n<li>Qatar<\/li>\n<li>Kuwait<\/li>\n<li>Oman<\/li>\n<li>Bahrain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_9\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9\" class=\"wp-image-9 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/files\/2022\/09\/6650918_orig-300x288.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/files\/2022\/09\/6650918_orig-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/files\/2022\/09\/6650918_orig.png 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of the GCC countries. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hadielfarr.com\/gulf-cooperation-council.html\">https:\/\/www.hadielfarr.com\/gulf-cooperation-council.html <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Physical Geology (Topography)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Land within the GCC is diverse &#8211; it includes the Arabian Desert, grasslands, mountain ranges, highlands, and volcanic fields. While there are not many permanent bodies of water, flash floods and non permanent rivers are common.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12\" class=\"wp-image-12 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/files\/2022\/09\/download-1.jpg\" alt=\"Geography of the Arabian Peninsula\" width=\"270\" height=\"187\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geography of the Arabian Peninsula <a href=\"http:\/\/saudi-archaeology.com\/background\/geography-arabian-peninsula\/\">http:\/\/saudi-archaeology.com\/background\/geography-arabian-peninsula\/<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The GCC has a fairly large extent of coastal land compared to its size. It is connected to the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Persian Gulf. While it is not connected to the Mediterranean Sea, it is extremely close to it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"n3VNCb KAlRDb\" src=\"https:\/\/geology.com\/world\/middle-east-map.gif\" alt=\"Map of the Middle East and surrounding lands\" width=\"405\" height=\"399\" data-noaft=\"1\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geology.com\/world\/middle-east.shtml\">Map of the Middle East and Surrounding Lands<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Culture Within the GCC:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several projects were created in order to improve power and water supplies, along with improvements to transportation systems, specifically railroads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Government<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are several different levels of government within the GCC, each with its own purpose:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"n3VNCb KAlRDb\" src=\"https:\/\/globalchallenges.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GCC-web-1800x1014.png\" alt=\"How is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) governed? - The Global Challenges Foundation\" width=\"330\" height=\"186\" data-noaft=\"1\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalchallenges.org\/how-is-it-governed\/how-is-the-gulf-cooperation-council-gcc-governed\/\">How is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) governed? &#8211; The Global Challenges Foundation<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Supreme Council\n<ul>\n<li>The GCC has a reigning &#8220;Supreme Council&#8221; which has a representative from each state &#8211; typically the head of each state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcc-sg.org\/ar-sa\/MediaCenter\/NewsCooperation\/News\/PublishingImages\/News-Pics\/gcc000002019201.jpg\" alt=\" Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council participates in the 1st meeting of the 22nd session of the GCC Advisory Board of the Supreme Council\" width=\"600\" height=\"302\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc-sg.org\/en-us\/MediaCenter\/NewsCooperation\/News\/Pages\/news2019-3-20-2.aspx\"> Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council participates in the 1st meeting of the 22nd session of the GCC Advisory Board of the Supreme Council<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li>Ministerial Council<\/li>\n<li>Secretariat General<\/li>\n<li>Monetary Council<\/li>\n<li>Patent Office<\/li>\n<li>Peninsula Shield Force<\/li>\n<li>GCC Standardization Organization<\/li>\n<li>Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arabic is the official language of GCC countries, and dominates the population. Other commonly used languages in the GCC are English and Hindi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Historical Events and Foundation of GCC:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Creation of the GCC occurred in 1981, following a meeting of several powerful politicians. Several different goals were made to improve all member states of the GCC.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Common market and currency<\/li>\n<li>Customs union<\/li>\n<li>Unification of military, state populations, and regulations<\/li>\n<li>Creation of new and improved education, science, and technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Due to the prevalence of oil and natural gas, many of these goals were able to be funded, and the economy has significantly surged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Geographic Perspective: Border Geography The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a collection of States located in the Middle East. It shares land borders with Jordan, Iraq, and Yemen, along with coastal borders to Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea. The Countries included are: Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates (UAE) Qatar Kuwait Oman Bahrain Physical Geology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4949,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hoffritj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}