NATO’S DEALING WITH A DIFFERENT GULF NOW
NATO’S DEALING WITH A DIFFERENT GULF NOW

Summary/Abstract: The article is intended to review the eight years that followed the initiation of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative between NATO and selected countries in the broader region of the Middle East. In this context, the author looks at whether the Alliance needs to change its approach to Arab countries post-Arab Spring, how these changes could look and how to overcome obstacles, given that the implementation of an ambitious but at the same time realistic strategic dialogue with Gulf countries could help the Alliance reassess its approach to the Middle East. To conclude, he writes that, in order to prevent the ICI becoming irrelevant in the future, one must refine its methodology and agenda priorities – to bring it closer to NATO and ICI partners’ security concerns.

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