As a small, vulnerable country situated in the turmoil of the Middle East, Qatar faces several
challenges. Chief amongst these are the existential geopolitical threat posed by large …

Hostile relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are a major contributing factor to political
instability in the Middle East. This book argues that rapprochement between Tehran and …

Why might citizens adopt exaggerated public antagonism toward outgroups? When this is
so, how much do public and private attitudes diverge? I argue that expanding exclusionary …

Saudi Arabia provides a compelling example of how sectarianism sustains the dynamics of
authoritarianism, especially when bolstered by a rentier political economy. In this paper, I …

Despite a growing body of analyses on sectarian tensions in the MENA, few have examined
the impact of sectarian attitudes on public opinion towards the regional powers. Drawing …

The year 2011 arguably signaled the beginning of a transforma-tive period for the
geopolitics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), simultaneously posing new and …

Potential instability in Bahrain poses a significant threat to US strategic interests. The United
States gains immensely from basing rights in Bahrain, which is a key location in the Persian …

Sectarianism in the Middle East has intensified since the US-led invasion of Iraq and the
outbreak of the Arab Spring, and has transformed into local sectarian and regional …

The conflict in Yemen presents an apparently quintessential example of sectarian conflict in
the Middle East today. At the domestic level, the conflict is typically seen as one which pits …

The Arab Spring of 2011 is acknowledged as a turning point for the Arab world. While there
were high expectations at the outset regarding the democratisation of the region, at present …