Frederic Wehrey is a senior associate of the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the author of Sectarian Politics in the Gulf: From the Iraq War to the Arab Uprisings (2013), chosen as a Best Book on the Middle East by Foreign Affairs magazine. He holds a DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University.
"Sectarianism has become an urgently important, but often
misunderstood, feature of politics in the Middle East. Beyond Sunni
and Shia brings together an outstanding and diverse group of
scholars who grapple with sectarian conflict across the region.
These rigorous and deeply researched essays show how the complex
interplay of politics, ideas and technology at a time of rapid
change has driven dangerous new identity politics." -- Marc Lynch,
Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, and
author of The New Arab Wars: Uprisings and Anarchy in the Middle
East
"This much-needed volume moves beyond primordialist and
instrumentalist explanations of the issue of sectarianism. Its
fascinating case-studies show not only why it is important to
understand the geopolitical, institutional and religious sources of
sectarianism in a changing Middle East, but also how it is possible
to gain a deep and nuanced understanding of the subject." -- Morten
Valbjorn, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science,
Aarhus University
"A contextual but comparative analysis of the geopolitical,
institutional, and ideational drivers of sectarianism in the
contemporary Middle East. Navigating beyond primordial and
instrumental theoretical explanations, Beyond Sunni and Shia offers
a multilayered analysis of why sectarianism assumes today such a
powerful role in the domestic politics and foreign policies of
Middle East states and transnational movements, and what are the
prospects of moving beyond sectarianism in the future." -- Bassel
F. Salloukh, Associate Professor of Political Science, Lebanese
American University, Beirut
"Rigorous, panoramic and grounded in impressive fieldwork, Beyond
Sunni and Shia is a superb collection of studies that tackles a
topic too often clouded by polemics and easy generali`ations.
Frederic Wehrey has assembled an all-star cast of scholars from
multiple disciplines who show why and how sectarian tensions are
ultimately rooted in the Middle East's broken political order and
authoritarianism, rather than in age-old religious animosity. This
volume is at once a nuanced dissection of sectarianism and an
impassioned plea for more pluralistic institutions in the region. A
must-read for veteran scholars, policymakers, and the informed
public." -- Marwan Muasher, Vice President for Studies, Middle East
Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; author of The
Second Arab Awakening
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