The recent Saudi execution of a prominent Shia cleric and the subsequent attack on their embassy in Iran has heightened tensions across the Gulf.

In celebration of the Carnegie Middle East Center’s tenth anniversary, Carnegie-affiliated scholars and regional policymakers will discuss and evaluate political transformations in the Middle East and North Africa.

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.