... the EU, China, India, Japan, Mercosur and othersl Travelling within the GCC becomes easier as train links are developedl In the long term, aims include the introduction of a single GCC business ... powers being involved in protecting the sea lines,” says Zakir Hussein, a specialist in Indo-GCC relations at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis in India. “They would justify their ... more widely, making investments in Asia, Africa and within the Gulf region itself. Industrialising economies in Asia are intensifying their trade links with the Gulf and some of the world’s poorest...