ABSTRACT In a field that is so loosely theorised, an investigation into intra-GCC conflict is both apposite and challenging. Empirically, interventions by Gulf states have proliferated across the GCC and MENA since 2011. This Special Issue seeks to fill a void in scholarship by looking at the ongoing crisis through the lens of norms. A hypothesised ‘normlessness’ has taken root: a collapse of (local) guiding principles, some even laid down by member states. Disregard for norms of non-intervention, popular sovereignty, mediation, alliance-making and social solidarity poses risks for (sub)regional stability. Provisionally, one notable weakness lies in prescriptive and proscriptive (regulative) norms pertaining to intra-GCC rules of engagement.

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危机中的海湾合作委员会：海湾地区主义中“无规范”的探索

摘要 在一个理论如此松散的领域，对海湾合作委员会内部冲突的调查既恰当又具有挑战性。从经验上看，自 2011 年以来，海湾国家的干预在海湾合作委员会和中东和北非地区激增。本特刊旨在通过从规范的角度看待持续的危机来填补学术上的空白。一种假设的“无规范”已经扎根：（地方）指导原则的崩溃，有些甚至由成员国制定。无视不干涉、人民主权、调解、结盟和社会团结等规范会给（次）区域稳定带来风险。暂时而言，一个显着的弱点在于与 GCC 内部交战规则有关的规定性和禁止性（监管）规范。