The contest between Saudi Arabia and Iran played out in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza
Strip, postwar Iraq and, to a lesser extent, Yemen and Bahrain, has shaped the geopolitics of …

This article provides a conceptual lens for and a thick interpretation of the emergent regional
constellation in the Middle East in the first decade of the 21st century. It starts out by …

With the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, the Sunni-Shiite divide came back to the fore in
regional politics. In this context, sectarian identities have now acquired a security dimension …

The purpose of this Special Issue is to examine the nature, causes, and consequences of
the Middle East's current sectarian surge. Specifically, how might sectarianism and regime …

MIDDlE East REPoRt 242■ SPRING 2007 to confront Israel. In a joint statement, Egyptian
President Husni Mubarak and Jordanian King 'Abdallah II charged Hizballah with “dragging …

This meta‐study examines the nature of past and current theoretically informed debates on
sectarian politics in the Middle East and identifies the biggest challenges and possible …

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia now has been under the spotlight of Western curiosity for
more than 80 years. More than 15% of the world's total oil reserves lie underneath Saudi …

In 1998 Barnett argued against the grain of realist IR theory, contending that 'the conflicts
between Arab governments have concerned the norms of Arabism and not the balance of …

This study explores the relationship between ethnic, sectarian, and religious identities and
soft power in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the immediate aftermath of …

To what extent has the study of sectarianism in the Middle East made any progress in the
first decade after the Arab uprisings? Based on an analysis of three aspects of the study of …