Abstract
When Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian graduate who was forced to sell fruit illegally because he couldn’t find a job, was mistreated by the police and the municipality refused to hear his complaint, no one could have predicted the consequences his suicide would have.1 Yet, by 2011, the Tunisian uprising had triggered similar protests and demonstrations in Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Yemen, and Syria. Consequently, as instability, unrest, and conflict have spread across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the months and years that followed, the necessity for the international community to respond to and coordinate its policies has become unavoidable.
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Foreign Policy Middle East United Arab Emirate Security Council Gulf Cooperation Council
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