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TheArab Union is a theoreticalpolitical union of theArab states. The term was first used when theBritish Empire andFrench empire promised theArabs a united independent state in return forrevolting against theOttoman Empire, with which the United Kingdom and France wasat war. It never came to fruition following theSykes–Picot Agreement. Despite this, many in the Arab world have since called for the creation of apan-Arab state.Egyptian PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser made several unsuccessful attempts to uniteEgypt with other Arab countries (includingIraq andNorth Yemen), and briefly succeeded in forming theUnited Arab Republic with Syria in 1958, which dissolved in 1971.[1] The union is considered as one of the solutions to end theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict.[2]
Similar attempts were made by otherArab leaders, such asHafez al-Assad,Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr,Faisal I of Iraq,Muammar Gaddafi,Saddam Hussein,Gaafar Nimeiry andAnwar Sadat.
In the 2004Arab League summit inCairo,Yemeni PresidentAli Abdullah Saleh proposed the creation of an Arab Union replacing the Arab League for a stronger political and geographical body, capable of dealing with world issues. However, the proposal failed to reach the League's agenda.[3]
During theArab Spring in 2011,Saudi Arabia raised a proposal to transform theGulf Cooperation Council into a "Gulf Union" with tighter economic, political and military coordination, regarded as a move to counterbalance theIranian influence in the region.[4][5] Objections were raised against the proposal by other countries.[6][7] In 2014,BahrainPrime ministerKhalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa said that current events in the region highlighted the importance of the proposal.[8]
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