Playing the sectarian card in a sectarianized new Middle East

Morten Valbjorn; Raymond Hinnebusch

doi:10.5617/ba.6727

Playing the sectarian card in a sectarianized new Middle East

Morten Valbjorn, Raymond Hinnebusch

School of International Relations

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Abstract

This article examines the interaction between authoritarianism and the instrumentalization of sectarianism in the Middle East. It begins with an overview of debates on authoritarianism in the region and how they has been affected by the Arab uprisings and by the subsequent debates about the sectarian surge in the region. A comparative case study of Bahrain and Kuwait exposes the considerable variation in how rulers do this. Second, it explores the impact of such insttrumentalization on the inclusiveness of institutions over time, using a case study of Ba’thist Syria.

Original language	English
Article number	2
Pages (from-to)	42-55
Number of pages	13
Journal	Babylon: Nordisk Tidsskrift for Midtostenstudier
Volume	2018
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5617/ba.6727
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2019

Keywords

Authoritarianism
Middle East
Sectarianism
Syria
Bahrain
Kuwait

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