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Can the GCC still be relevant? | Inside Story

He is plane-hopping around the Arabian Peninsula, hoping to mediate in what's being called the Qatar Crisis. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE, as well as Egypt, have severed ties with Qatar, closing land and sea borders and airspace. They say Qatar is supporting extremist groups in Iraq and Syria. They've also had disagreements over its ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. The GCC has been an alliance since May 1981 and is made up of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman. The ongoing crisis is not the first to hit the bloc. But what's the impact going to be this time around? Presenter: Adrian Finighan Guests: Jean-Marc Rickli, Head of Global Risk at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy Ali Alkandari, Professor on Contemporary Gulf History at Kuwait University Rami Khouri, Senior Public Policy Fellow at the American University of Beirut Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter:   / ajenglish   Find us on Facebook:   / aljazeera   Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/