Introduction -- Frederic Wehrey
1. Beyond Sectarianism in the Middle East? Comparative Perspectives
on Group Conflict -- Paul Dixon
PART I; THE GEOPOLITICS OF SECTARIANISM
2. The Sectarianism of the Islamic State: Ideological Roots and
Political Context -- Hassan Hassan
3. The Sectarianization of the Syrian War -- Heiko Wimmen
4. Sectarianism and Iranian Foreign Policy -- Afshon Ostovar
PART II; INSTITUTIONAL SOURCES OF SECTARIANISM
5. Shia-centric State-Building and Sunni Rejection in Post-2003
Iraq -- Fanar Haddad
6. The Unraveling of Taif: The Limits of Sect-based Power-sharing
in Lebanon -- Joseph Bahout
7. Twitter Wars: Sunni-Shia Conflict and Cooperation in the Digital
Age -- Alexandra Siegel
8. The Political Economy of Sectarianism: How Gulf Regimes Exploit
Identity Politics as a Survival Strategy -- Justin Gengler
9. The Roots of Sectarian Law and Order in the Gulf: Bahrain, the
Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, and the Two Historical
Disruptions -- Staci Strobl
PART III; DOCTRINAL AND CLERICAL SOURCES OF SECTARIANISM
10. The Kingdom and the Caliphate: Saudi Arabia and the Islamic
State -- Cole Bunzel
11. Sectarianism and Political Pragmatism: The Paradox of Egypt's
al-Nour Salafis -- Stéphane Lacroix
12. Religious Authority and Sectarianism in Lebanon -- Alexander
D.M. Henley
Frederic Wehrey is a senior fellow in 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'*
'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 generalisations. 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' *
‘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 Valbjørn, 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*
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