... imposed, accompanied by new regional dynamics and security arrangements. Given their smallness, possession of significant resources, and geostrategic location, most of the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) were always vulnerable, because of either the disparity of their capabilities compared...

...Osman Antwi-Boateng; Mohammed Binhuwaidin The Arab-Muslim world is often described negatively as undemocratic, intolerant and economically backward. Rare positive commentary about the region is usually reserved for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states based on the belief that their status...

...Stuti Saxena This paper seeks to assess the nature and scope of open data in government (OPD/open public data) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Following a qualitative approach, OPD portals of GCC...

...Mohammed Nuruzzaman This paper investigates the role played by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in mediating disputes since its creation in 1981 to 2011, the year of the outbreak of the ‘Arab Spring’. It analyzes the contributions of the GCC as a conflict mediator by cross-checking this sub...

... Middle East South Korea diplomacy Lee Myung-bak Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Persian Gulf trade construction energy sanctions Déjà vu diplomacy: South Korea s Middle East policy under Lee Myung-bak Shirzad Azad Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National...

...Shalendra D. Sharma When the problems in the United States housing sector mushroomed into a global financial crisis by September 2008, it was assumed that Arab countries would remain immune: the oil-rich Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries because of their massive financial reserves...

...Gabi El-Khoury © 2009 The Centre for Arab Unity Studies 2009 Arab governments Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) government revenues government expenditures budget surplus budget deficit Contemporary Arab Affairs Vol. 2, No. 3, July September 2009, 517 524 ISSN 1755-0912 print/ISSN...