State, Citizens and Institutions: Policy Making in the GCC.

The article focuses on role of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in promoting a better understanding of the complexity of decision making in the Gulf. It is mentioned that the rise in prominence of individual Gulf states like Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and the growth of the GCC as a collective entity. The article also discusses the lack of the attention paid to the actual mechanics of policy-making in the region.