"This book helps readers better understand the ways in which the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran shapes political life across the Middle East, challenging problematic assumptions about 'proxy wars', sectarianism, and the role of religion"--
"This book helps readers better understand the ways in which the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran shapes political life across the Middle East, challenging problematic assumptions about 'proxy wars', sectarianism, and the role of religion"--
Simon Mabon is Professor of International Politics at Lancaster University. He is Director of SEPAD (the Sectarianism, Proxies and De-Sectarianization Project) which aims to trace the emergence and development of sectarian animosity in global politics. He has previously published Saudi Arabia and Iran: Soft Power Rivalry in the Middle East (2013), The Origins of ISIS (2016, co-author) and Houses Built on Sand (2020), along with several other edited collections. In 2016/17 Mabon served as academic advisor to the House of Lords International Relations Committee's inquiry into the UK's relationship with the Middle East.
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Introduction 1. States, sects and order 2. The story of a kingdom and a republic 3. Iraq 4. Bahrain 5. Lebanon 6. Syria 7. Yemen Conclusions.
