Controversy after Kuwait signs GCC pact
Posted: 10/01/2013 Filed under: Gulf and Middle East Security, Wafa Alsayed | Tags: Bahrain, electoral law, GCC security agreement, GCC summit, Gulf Cooperation Council, Kuwait, protests, suspension of parliament Leave a comment »
By Wafa Alsayed, Research Analyst, Middle East
Gulf states have finally managed to sign a major security agreement, after Kuwait came on board last month at the 33rd Gulf Cooperation Council Summit, held in Bahrain. Kuwait resisted the collective security treaty when it was first introduced in 1994, deeming it incompatible with its constitution and unlikely to make it through its parliament. Its decision to swiftly ink the pact in private at December’s GCC summit may have been prompted by recent unrest back home. However it is also further fuelling a mood of insurrection in Kuwait recently.
