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June 15, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives144.pdf

Gulf Monarchies Confront the "Arab Spring"

(BESA Center for Strategic Studies-Bar-Ilan University) Joshua Teitelbaum - For the monarchies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the "Arab Spring" offers little promise. The threat emanating from Iran as well as the lack of confidence in U.S. support gives the Gulf states much to fear and has imbued the GCC with newfound unity and purpose. Recent bids by Morocco and Jordan for membership in what has been, until now, a Persian Gulf organization signifies that the conservative monarchies of the Middle East are determined to protect the status quo in the face of shifting alliances brought about by regional developments.

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