Bahrain was among the first Arab Spring countries in which mass protests arose in February 2011. The authoritarian … historical background of the sectarian tensions in Bahrain and the rudimentary forms of powersharing that have existed there in … the past. It then analyses the current debate between the regime and the opposition regarding the distribution of …

recognition. The opposition refuses to negotiate with a dictator who has too much blood on his hands, while the regime declines to … actors from the moderate opposition acknowledge the need to take the minorities' fears seriously and to provide them with …

recognition. The opposition refuses to negotiate with a dictator who has too much blood on his hands, while the regime declines to … actors from the moderate opposition acknowledge the need to take the minorities' fears seriously and to provide them with …