The GCC Crisis

The worst is yet to come?

It has been two years since the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) crisis ignited and it shows a little sign of ending any time soon. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt who cut their economic and diplomatic ties with Qatar by imposing a land, air and sea blockade are firm with their positions of isolating the latter from the rest of the Middle East. Though the crisis has meddled down a bit, the tension among these Arab countries continues in silence as they all struggle to combat the effects of this massive turmoil.


But for Qatar, life must go on. Since the rift worsened they slowly established their independence from Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Arab countries. It modernized its domestic front by building infrastructure and even raising the standard of living of its citizens in just two years. Its vast reserves of hydrocarbon remain to be Qatar’s greatest source of survival in overcoming the aftermath of the crisis.
On the other hand, the ‘anti-terror quartet’ of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt continue to strengthen their alliances economically to get hold of the lion’s share in the region. By merging their economic and financial stabilities, their political and security objectives will reign supreme over other international allegiances. But as the blockade continues, we now wonder? Where will this crisis lead us?

Change is inevitable, this may seem far from being over, the way things are developing this will definitely change the landscape of the Middle East deserts in no time or has it did? As long as all countries involved will not arrive at a simple diplomatic compromise or anything equivalent to it, the GCC conflict will continue forever. The world landscape will also be affected as these countries try to get worldwide support at any cause to sustain their economic supremacy and protect their countries’ interests. Allegiances of countries may rift apart the world in two and things will never be the same again.
The crisis will stay. It will go on and the least that these countries can do is to continue to adapt until the whole problem is eradicated and compromising will never be an option again. Wealthiest countries like Saudi Arabia and fast-rising Qatar will continue to dominate the world with their alliances like the United States of America to name a few, just a step behind all their motives and worldwide agendas. Now, that is something to look forward to.