Lawrence G. Potter is Adjunct Associate Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University and Deputy Director of the Gulf/2000 Project. He holds a PhD in History and has edited six volumes on the Persian Gulf.
"This is a masterfully produced collection of richly researched
essays on one of the Middle East's hottest topics. With the
sectarian card now played, even in the richest of oil monarchies,
has Pandora's Box been opened up?" --Christopher Davidson, author
of After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf
Monarchies
"A timely contribution to understanding sectarianism on both sides
of the Persian Gulf. The contributors are well-established
historians and social scientists who offer nuanced interpretations
of a malaise, at once contemporary and ancient, which threatens to
redraw the region s political map. The result is an erudite
exploration of the meaning of sectarianism in the context of old
nations, and in newly forged ones weaving local political contexts
with transnational connections and outside interventions which all
seem to have escalated sectarian divides against a background of
negotiated and fluid identities. The book paints a compelling
picture of past and present coexistence and conflict." --Madawi
Al-Rasheed, Visiting Professor at the Middle East Centre, London
School of Economics and Political Science
"This superb collection of essays breaks new ground in the study of
the politics of sectarian identity in the Gulf. Integrating country
case-studies with wider regional developments, the authors analyze
the roots of and the upsurge in ethnic and sectarian conflict
across the region. This book should be required reading for
students and practitioners looking to understand the forces
reshaping much of the Middle East and framing recent policy
responses to the Arab Spring."--Kristian Coates-Ulrichsen, author
of Insecure Gulf: The End of Certainty and the Transition to the
Post-Oil Era
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