Georgetown Journal of International Affairs: 16.2 Happy Birthday, UN
Institutionalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States is proceeding within the financial sector in many ways as a result of economic growth, and as Gulf states create new economic institutions to govern their markets, they are also creating a framework that can both limit and enable broader political goals of financial and economic statecraft.
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