The Gulf Cooperation Council as a regional organization has played a crucial role on building peace in the Middle East and becoming a global partner in the promotion of free trade. For three decades now, the GCC enjoys a regional supremacy to become a vocal point for global partners, empowered by its members' economic prosperity, internal stability and geo-strategic importance. This position allowed the prosperity of a new model of regional integration that aims to promote the global principles of peace and trade.
This paper discusses this regional model and explains the latest development of the so-called Gulf crisis that not only questions the regional integration of the Gulf but also the principles this regional integration presented throughout the three decades. In particular, this paper aims to discuss the issue of succession and regionalism, putting the sustainability of regionalism in question. The paper consternates on the role of the GCC in particular, but also provides a context of the rising uncertainty within the international system.