 | Sectarian Politics in the Gulf: From the Iraq War to the Arab Uprisings Subjects: Persian Gulf States -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Saudi Arabia -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Shiˈah -- Relations -- Sunnites; Sunnites -- Relations -- Shiˈah; Beginning with the 2003 invasion of Iraq and concluding with the aftermath of the 2011 Arab uprisings, Frederic M. Wehrey investigates the roots of the Shi'a-Sunni divide now dominating the Persian Gulf's political landscape. Focusing on three Gulf states affected most by sectarian tensions--Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait--Wehrey identifies the factors that have exacerbated or tempered sectarianism, including domestic political institutions, the media, clerical establishments, and the contagion effect of external regional events, such as the Iraq war, the 2006 Lebanon conflict, the Arab uprisings, and Syria's civil war. Frederic M. Wehrey is a senior associate in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is a specialist in the politics of the Persian Gulf, and his articles and commentary have appeared in the New York Times , the Washington Post , the Financial Times , Foreign Affairs , and Foreign Policy . He holds a doctorate in international relations from St. Antony's College, Oxford University. |
