Yes, I think you are right here. An article I read yesterday said that the ME nations attending all had an interest in some form of democratization or something similar. It was an interesting piece that talked about how Bahrain, in particular, had adopted some reforms such as allowing women roles in government even though the King keeps his absolute power. I wish I could remember where I saw the article. It might have been right here on TM via a link from Cindy, JP or tmp02.
Some cynics of the process think this week's summit in Sea Island, Georgia, will be more of the same, especially given the absurdity of having a discussion on world economic matters and not inviting China, India and Saudi Arabia, not to mention Brazil, Mexico and others.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1086445467507
China has me nervous. Especially with Taiwains current politcal issues.
Night all.