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Published on December 17, 2014 by Gary Grappo

GCC Moves into Uncertain Territory

Published first at Gulf State Analytics Monthly Monitor Report on May 2014

Weakening Ties That Bind Two founding principles have netted together the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since its founding in 1981: their collective security and the protection and reliability of oil exports. These interests also served as the linchpin of the GCC states – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United […]

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