JEDDAH – As the Arab world undergoes fundamental changes, its leaders must adapt fast or risk popular uprisings – a lesson that has not been lost on the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. With their neighbors embroiled in internal conflict or in the midst of difficult transitions, and with discontent rising at home, the Gulf states are eager to stem the tide of revolution.
吉达—阿拉伯世界经历着快速的根本性变革，阿拉伯领导人必须迅速适应这一形式，否则就会面临群众起义的风险。对于海湾合作委员会（Gulf Cooperation Council，GCC）国家——巴林、科威特、阿曼、卡塔尔、沙特和阿联酋——来说，可谓殷鉴未远。它们的邻国中不乏深陷内部冲突或艰难转型者，国内不满情绪也在不断升级。海湾国家急切地想平息革命浪潮。