The second EU-Gulf Cooperation Council summit, scheduled to be held in Riyadh in the autumn of 2026, comes at a critical moment in international affairs. What began as a historically underdeveloped relationship between two neighboring economic and geopolitical blocs is rapidly evolving into one of the most strategically consequential partnerships of the emerging multipolar era.

The second EU-Gulf Cooperation Council summit, scheduled to be held in Riyadh in the autumn of 2026, comes at a critical moment in international affairs. What began as a…

The GCC and EU have never been so much in sync over political issues since they signed their first agreement in 1988. This was plainly evident in the meeting of their “Political…