Ten years after the September 11 attacks caused tensions between the United States and Saudi Arabia, the two countries are facing a crisis of relations in the wake of the Arab Spring.

Carnegie and the Gulf Research center co-hosted a two-day workshop held in Dubai, with experts, researchers, and political activists from the GCC states, the U.S., and Europe. The workshop focused on assessing past political reform--its causes and impacts--and the prospects for future reform in the GCC states.