Relationship dossier
Australia
Bahrain
Relationship assessment
Modest cooperation, including a bilateral air services framework
Australia toward Bahrain
+15Australia has engaged Bahrain through a bilateral air services framework, providing for cooperation on aviation services.
Bahrain toward Australia
+15Bahrain has engaged Australia through a bilateral air services framework, providing for cooperation on aviation services.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes a concrete bilateral aviation arrangement and diplomatic engagement. The breadth and durability of cooperation beyond these areas are unclear, and no major bilateral confrontation is identified in this assessment.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Australia and Bahrain maintain modest bilateral cooperation, including a government-to-government air services framework. The relationship also includes diplomatic engagement, but the scope and depth of wider bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Australia and Bahrain established a bilateral air services framework.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral aviation arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of broader government-to-government cooperation is uncertain.