ABSTRACT
The surprising rebirth of the Arab League as a security forum and the emergence of both the League and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) onto the international stage promoting varied types of humanitarian intervention in both Libya and Syria, as well as more covert efforts to promote dialogue and transition elsewhere in the region was perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of the Arab Spring. The GCC's reaction to events in Tunisia was essentially non-existent, it was left to individual states to issue statements, which were all remarkably similar to the sentiments expressed by the Arab League. The League and GCC "moment" in the limelight was relatively short-lived. While the GCC and the League have taken an interventionist stance on Libya and Syria, it is noticeable that the League has refrained from involvement in Bahrain and has largely ceded responsibility for Yemen to the GCC.
