Weil die Bürger so viele Beschwerden haben, kann er eine Menge tun, um sie zu besänftigen. Er kann die von den Schiiten geltend gemachte Diskriminierung ansprechen, indem er ihnen zusätzliche Arbeitsplätze in den staatlichen Ministerien anbietet.
King Hamad has a number of other options available to him. Because citizens have so many grievances, he can do much to placate them. He can address Shia claims of discrimination by offering them more jobs in government ministries. He can promise to invest state funds in their run-down communities. He can mollify both Shia and Sunnis by granting them affordable housing. He can appease both factions by ending a naturalization policy that confers citizenship on foreign-born Sunnis, eroding the Shia majority.