Earlier this month, U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel traveled to Manama to participate in the 9th International Institute for Strategic Studies Regional Security Summit, otherwise known as the Manama Dialogue. In his remarks, Secretary Hagel recognized that “Global security is shaped by stability or instability in this region,” and the promises of political reform from leaders in the region in response to the people who demand it and “deserve it.” Absent from his statement was a recognition that those promises have yet to be fulfilled in Bahrain.
