Unrest in Bahrain in 2014 (NSC)
Reading List
Essential Resources
- “Unrest in Bahrain Case Study | Model Diplomacy,” YouTube, 2:42, posted by CFR Education, November 14, 2016.
- “What are Economic Sanctions?” CFR Education, May 12, 2023.
- Kelly McEvers, “Bahrain: The Revolution that Wasn’t,” NPR, January 5, 2012.
- Doug Palmer, Christopher Wilson, and Paul Simao, “U.S. Requests Talks With Bahrain Over 2011 Labor Crackdown,” Reuters, May 7, 2013.
- “Factbox: U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, Based in Bahrain,” Reuters, February 17, 2011.
- Bilal Y. Saab, “Relocating the Fifth Fleet?” American Interest, August 22, 2018.
- Elliott Abrams, “Bahrain: ‘Insulting a Public Institution’ Means Prison,” CFR.org, January 21, 2015.
- Alison Meuse, “Human Rights Activists Warn of Worsening Situation in Bahrain,” NPR, June 6, 2017.
- “Bahrain Human Rights Deteriorate as World Looks Away: Activists,” Reuters, January 25, 2018.
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Additional Resources
- Amnesty International, “Bahrain: Reform Shelved, Repression Unleashed,” November 2012.
- Kelly McEvers, “The Crackdown”, Washington Monthly, March/April 2012.
- Tim Arango, “Shiites in Iraq Support Bahrain’s Protestors,” New York Times, April 1, 2011.
- Ted Regencia and Alia Chughtai, “What’s at Stake if Trading at Strait of Hormuz is Disrupted?” Al Jazeera, July 5, 2018.
- “Oil’s Trouble Spots,” CFR.org, January 20, 2012.
- Chris Johnston and agencies, “Britain to Build First Permanent Middle East Military Base in Four Decades,” Guardian, December 6, 2014.
- Reza Aslan, “Bahrain’s Fake Sectarian War,” Foreign Affairs, June 30, 2013.