ABSTRACT At the core of “disembedded regionalism” in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is an incapacity to foster more representative forms of politics that are responsive to citizens. Instead, elite-to-elite relations are a salient feature that characterises Gulf politics. A radical re-reading of Jürgen Habermas and John Rawls, applied to the GCC in the first two decades of the 21st century, confirms that top-down management of politics is conducive to conflict and disintegration as against integration, marginalising the agenda of multi-level governance within the subregion. Set against the backdrop of the current blockade/crisis, this critical rendition throws into sharp relief the non-democratic brand of GCC regionalism.

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危机中的区域主义：没有民主的海湾合作委员会一体化

摘要海湾合作委员会（GCC）“分离的区域主义”的核心是无法培养更多具有代表性的响应公民的政治形式。相反，精英对精英的关系是海湾政治的一个显着特征。对 21 世纪前二十年应用于海湾合作委员会的于尔根·哈贝马斯和约翰·罗尔斯的彻底重读证实，自上而下的政治管理有利于冲突和瓦解而不是一体化，从而使多边议程边缘化。次区域内的水平治理。在当前封锁/危机的背景下，这种批判性的演绎使海湾合作委员会地区主义的非民主品牌变得清晰起来。