The Dickey Center at Dartmouth presents: Frederic Wehrey, Sectarian Politics in the Gulf скачать в хорошем качестве

The Dickey Center at Dartmouth presents: Frederic Wehrey, Sectarian Politics in the Gulf

Sectarian Politics in the Gulf: From the Iraq War to the Arab Uprising Frederic Wehrey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Middle East Program The spillover of Syria's war into Lebanon and Iraq, combined with the widening involvement of Iran and Saudi Arabia, has spawned dire predictions of sectarian conflict engulfing the entire Middle East. But Shi'a-Sunni tensions are only one layer of a multi-dimensional conflict, often masking deeper political and economic dynamics. And although the Saudi-Iranian rivalry plays a role in aggravating Shi'a-Sunni identities, the real roots of sectarianism are found at the local level—in the weakness of political institutions, economic disparities, and in the elite manipulation of Sunni-Shia differences. Nowhere is this more evident than in the three Gulf Arab states most affected by sectarianism: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.