he Department of Political Science conducted a Seminar titled “EU-GCC Relations” on the 30th of January, 2017 presented by Dr. Steffen Bay Rasmussen, a Visiting Professor through the European Union Erasmus Mundus Exchange Program.  With POLS undergraduate and graduate students, along with faculty and respected guests in attendance, Dr. Steffen provided detailed comparisons of the development and current state of European Union and GCC cooperation models.  He also highlighted key challenges as well as benefits in which the EU and GCC blocks could cooperative to advance stronger relations and mutually beneficial avenues for development.