Discussions surrounding sectarian relations in Iraq have often been reduced to extremes of
either overemphasising the Sunni-Shiʿa divide to a near Manichean level or, the other …

Political instability has characterised the modern history of Iraq, which has proven itself as a
complex state to govern. However, the creation of a federal system in 2005 offers the …

By 2007, a sectarian master narrative had emerged as the dominant frame work for
discussions of Iraqi politics in European and North American media, academic and policy …

Since the fall of the Ba'athist regime in 2003, the Shi'i religious establishment in Iraq has
come to the fore as a signifcant political force, intervening, guiding, supporting and opposing …

This report on sectarianism in the Middle East was written in 2015 with the intent of informing
US policy in Iraq and Syria. Since the initial draft was completed, the United States and its …

The toxicity of a single project of US 'technical assistance'to Iraq is demonstrated: first, by
virtue of its unilateral design and implementation and hence its violation of state sovereignty …

With the intensification of ethnic conflicts in multi-cultural societies over the last two decades
that has accompanied transition from authoritarianism to democracy, increased scholarly …

Sectarianism in the Middle East: Implications for the United States Page 1 Sectarianism in
the Middle East Implications for the United States Heather M. Robinson, Ben Connable …

Extended AbstractIntrductionThe crisis in Iraq as the result of Ethnic-Religious conflicts, has
been one of the oldest crisises in the middle during the 21st century. Some of the …

The historic injustice done to the Kurds after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the ensuing
misfortunes and bad luck described in the previous chapter have been perpetuated in …