How relevant is the GCC?




Inside Story show

Summary: On the back of a regional summit we look at the prospects of the Gulf states in a post Arab Spring Middle East. Inside Story, with presenter Stephen Cole, discusses with guests Saeed Al-Shehabi, a member of the Bahrain Freedom Movement and a political activist who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Bahraini government; Riad Kahwaji, the director of the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis; and from Beirut, Joseph Kechichian, Gulf News columnist and author of "The Beguiling Gulf Cooperation Council" and his newly released book entitled, "Legal and Political Reforms in Saudi Arabia".