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The Gulf Cooperation Council: Its Nature and Achievements.
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The Gulf Cooperation Council: Its Nature and Achievements. A Political Analysis of Regional Integration of the GCC States 1979-2004
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Reyadh Alasfoor
The Gulf Cooperation Council: Its Nature and Achievements.
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The Gulf Cooperation Council: Its Nature and Achievements
A Political Analysis of Regional Integration of the GCC States 1979-2004
Reyadh Alasfoor
Lund Political Studies 149 Department of Political Science Lund University
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Reyadh Alasfoor
© 2007 Reyadh Alasfoor ISBN 91–88306–67–4 ISBN-13 978-91–88306–67–8 ISSN 0460–0037 Lund Political Studies 149 Cover by Mikael Sundström Printed by KFS AB Lund 2007 Distribution: Department of Political Science Lund University Box 52 SE–22100 Lund Sweden http://www.svet.lu.se/lps/lps.html
The Gulf Cooperation Council: Its Nature and Achievements.
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This book is dedicated to my relatives and friends
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Reyadh Alasfoor
The Gulf Cooperation Council: Its Nature and Achievements.
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................ 9 LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................. 11 FIGURES AND TABLES .............................................................................. 13 CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION ............................................................. 15 1. 1 Aims ................................................................................................ 15 1. 2 The Historical Background .............................................................. 16 1. 3 Methodology and evaluation ............................................................ 21 CHAPTER TWO – THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE GCC 1979-1981 ..... 27 2. 1 Foundation and Emergence of the GCC .......................................... 29 2. 2 The Pre-integration Perspective...