Sectarian Politics in the Gulf: From the Iraq War to the Arab Uprisings
Sectarian Politics in the Gulf: From the Iraq War to the Arab Uprisings

Sectarian Politics in the Gulf: From the Iraq War to the Arab Uprisings

Jun 1, 2014

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It's tempting to see today's Middle East conflicts as the continuation of centuries-old sectarian divisions, but Frederick Wehrey cautions against it. "Sectarianism is really a local institutional governance phenomenon that needs to be addressed through political reform in the Gulf, through ending discrimination, through greater participation in governance."

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