@article{2014:berger:the_gulf_c,
title = {The Gulf Cooperation Council between Unity and Discord towards the Arab Uprisings},
year = {2014},
note = {The Gulf Cooperation Council, founded in 1981 by Bahrain, Kuwait,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, does not focus
on economic, political or military cooperation. Instead, the GCC was
established as a symbolic organisation of unity against the ideational
threat from anti-monarchical Iranian and Iraqi ideologies. The Arab
uprisings pose a new dire ideational threat: popular protests toppling
authoritarian leaders. As I analyse in three case studies, the GCC
does not reflect a united stance amongst its members and has become a
symbol of discord.},
journal = {S&F Sicherheit und Frieden},
pages = {260--264},
author = {Berger, Linda},
volume = {32},
number = {4}
}