The GCC and the Arab Spring: A Tale of Double Standards

International Spectator

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 110-126

  Colombo, Silvia ^a  

^a Istituto Affari Internazionali Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; GCC; Qatar; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871335951     PISSN: 03932729     EISSN: 17519721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03932729.2012.733199     Document Type: Article

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