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Saudi Arabia, Iran and De-Escalaton in the Persian Gulf Simon Mabon - 24th Jun 2020

E-Conference Simon Mabon - 22nd Jun 2020

Urban Spaces and Sectarian Contestation Simon Mabon - 28th Feb 2020

What We Do

The Sectarianism, Proxies and De-sectarianisation (SEPAD) project based at Lancaster University’s Richardson Institute is a collaborative project aimed at understanding the conditions that give rise to sectarian violence and proxy conflicts.

Sepad Reports

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Saudi Iranian Relations after the rise of Mohammad Bin Salman

The son of King Salman, Mohammad Bin Salman (MbS) had already been one of the more powerful people in the Kingdom prior to becoming Crown Prince, but his new role positioned him as the next ruler of the Saudi state at a time of great regional and ...

Saudi and Iran: The Struggle to Shape the Middle East

Saudi Arabia and Iran: The Struggle to Shape the Middle East is the first report from SEPAD, theSectarianism, Proxies and De-Sectarianisation project, funded by Carnegie Corporation. The report examines the increasingly fractious rivalry between S...

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Announcements

Saudi Arabia, Iran: Resilient Rivalries and Pragmatic Possibilities Simon Mabon - 23rd Jun 2020

Simon Mabon & Edward Wastnidge

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SEPAD Receives Additional Funding From Carnegie Corporation Simon Mabon - 22nd Apr 2020

SEPAD is pleased to announce that it has been awarded $400,000 fr...

Urban Spaces and Sectarian Contestation: Concluding Remarks John Nagle - 8th Mar 2020

Cities are laboratories in which sectarian divisions are dialecti...

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From Twitter

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Our website is currently being updated. We have lots of new material coming, including some new #Fellows. These, as always, are excellent scholars at the top of their games. Coming soon!

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The audio recording of our first #SEPADDiscusses is now on soundcloud & in podcast feeds. Here's the link to @fanarhaddad @mortenvalbjorn & Charles Tripp talking all things 'sectarianism'. https://t.co/tkRI8YShxx

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Congratulations to our wonderful Fellow @cjophillips for the publication of this important book. 👏👏👏🎈🎈🎈🙌🙌🙌 https://t.co/CRC6cIUjK0

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