Awaiting a miracle -- The double-edged sword -- Determined to diversify -- Reaping the demographic dividend -- Greasing the wheels of exchange -- Build it and they will come -- All together now? -- The imperative of change -- Navigating choppy waters -- Charting the way forward.

This study discusses the status of economic integration of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries among themselves, with the larger Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and globally. It also assesses the main challenges to further integration. The GCC is the most advanced example...

This book analyzes the recent development of Gulf capitalism through to the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. Situating the Gulf within the evolution of capitalism at a global scale, it presents a novel theoretical interpretation of this important region of the Middle East political economy