Strategic Studies Quarterly

Abstract Regime change could have different local, regional and international impacts. The more political, security and cultural ties of a regime, the more change impacts it cause. Although, the intensity and depth of regime's friendship and enmity, has a vital role in depth and scope of change impacts. This article assuming that regime change and democratization in Bahrain would have strategic impacts, tries to study these impacts in different levels of analysis. Shia power in Bahrain, increases of Shia power in region, changes in geopolitical structure of region, transformation of friendship and enmity models in Persian Gulf, are among impacts of regime change and democratization in Bahrain.