Relationship dossier
Bahrain
France
Relationship assessment
Bahrain and France have a cooperative relationship, particularly in defense.
Bahrain toward France
+35Bahrain has pursued defense cooperation with France under a bilateral defense agreement and has purchased French military equipment.
France toward Bahrain
+35France has engaged in bilateral defense cooperation with Bahrain and supplied French military equipment to the Bahraini government.
Overall relationship
+35A bilateral defense cooperation agreement and arms transactions give the relationship a substantive cooperative basis. The limited detail on implementation and other areas of government cooperation counsels against characterizing the partnership as especially close.
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
Bahrain and France maintain a cooperative relationship with a notable defense dimension. A bilateral defense cooperation agreement and French arms sales to Bahrain provide concrete examples of government-to-government engagement. The breadth and practical scope of cooperation beyond defense are less clear.
Key developments
Bahrain and France concluded a bilateral defense cooperation agreement.
France supplied military equipment to Bahrain through arms sales.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral defense cooperation are unclear.
- The scale of cooperation outside defense is uncertain.