The Role of Constitutions and Legislature of Membership of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council on Integration between Them
Subject Areas : Middel EastFateme Hashemi 1 , Soheil Soheiy Najafabadi 2
1 - Assistant Prof. at International Relations Group, South Tehran Branch,Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Ph.D. Student of International Relations Group, Kish Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran, Kish
Keywords: integration, Persian Gulf, Cooperation Council, Constitution, Legislature,
Abstract :
Persian Gulf region, an important strategic region since past. In this region, traditions and Arabic and Islamic values is an important part of the identity of the Arab people and their governments. This region is also very important because of the availability of fossil fuels. With income from oil and gas sales, economic modern Structure creates in the Arab countries of South Persian Gulf, but their political structure, on the base Constitutions and Legislature, remains in the form of a kingdom of traditional, conservative and hereditary families, that are not democratic. On the other hand, most Arab countries in the south of the Persian Gulf are vulnerable to internal and external factors due to their weaknesses in political structures and power. For this reason, they have tried to enter an integrate in an organization called the Gulf Cooperation Council and create a secure society. Integration is based on the legal framework of countries, So, the question is: What is the role of the Constitutions and legislatures of these countries in integration between them? For answer the question, this research use descriptive-analytical method. The results of research show that integration between countries need to democracy and democratic institutes and the Arab countries of membership of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, on the base of traditions and Arabic and Islamic values and their Constitutions and Legislature, is not democratic, therefore integration between these countries has been stopped and is not Successful.
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