In 2011, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates perceived the Arab Spring uprisings as a destabilizing force, fearing that the resulting chaos would empower political Islam movements and increase Iranian influence, particularly in Bahrain and Yemen.

Authors

• Person: Amr Hamzawy Organization: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  Opportunities for Collective Regional Security in the Middle East

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• Opportunities for Collective Regional Security in the Middle East carnegieendowment.org Amr Hamzawy · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace via serper

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• Saudi Arabia location
• Bahrain entity
• Yemen location
• United Arab Emirates entity
• Iran entity