Saudi Arabia and the Challenge of GCC Expansion
ECIA Briefing - 14 May 2011
by Andrea TetiECIA Senior Fellow
After the crackdown in Bahrain and massive handouts to buy off support in Saudi Arabia, the GCC’s expansion to include Jordan and Morocco is a step change in Saudi Arabia’s attempt to crush pro-democracy movements across the region, not least by raising the cost of already shaky Western support for these movements.