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The increase in the Sunni population in Bahrain was achieved through citizenship grants to Sunni migrants, recruitment into security forces, and manipulation of [[census]] data. This demographic engineering is central to Bahrain’s sectarian politics and its reliance on [[Saudi]]/[[GCC]] support.
The increase in the Sunni population in Bahrain was achieved through citizenship grants to Sunni migrants, recruitment into security forces, and manipulation of [[census]] data. This demographic engineering is central to Bahrain’s sectarian politics and its reliance on [[Saudi]]/[[GCC]] support.
==Shia regions and oil and gas fields==
Shia-populated regions in the [[Persian Gulf]] overlap heavily with [[oil]] and [[gas]] reserves of [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Bahrain]], and [[Saudi Arabia]]. This [[geographic]] coincidence makes Shia communities [[strategic]]ally significant in global [[energy]] [[politics]]. Ironically, except Iran, Shias are not the ruling class of the oil field owning countries. In spite of majority Shia and oil being in the Shia region of Iraq, the [[political]] and [[economic]] power was always under the control of [[Sunni]] [[Elitism|elites]].
In Saudi Arabia, despite being a minority, Shia's dominating presence in the oil-rich eastern region is [[geopolitical]]ly sensitive. [[Riyadh]] tightly controls this area due to its [[economic]] importance. Sunnis tightly control the [[wealth]] and Shia are treated as second class [[citizen]]s. The intersection of Shia demographics and [[hydrocarbon]] reserves is a least explored part of Persian Gulf geopolitics.
==See also==
==See also==