We are SEPAD High impact, international research from academics and policy makers working in the field
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Recent Reports
Football, Identity and Politics In and From the MENA Region Javier Bordón - 19th Feb 2025
Report: Spatialising Securitisation in the Middle East
Report: Spatialising Securitisation in the Middle East Javier Bordón - 27th Jan 2025
Iranian Identities in Motion: politics, protest and the international Edward Wastnidge - 14th May 2024

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.

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Sepad Reports

Urban Spaces and Sectarian Contestation Read More
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Sectarianized Geopolitical Contests and the Rise of Armed Sectarian Nonstate Actors The rise of armed sectarian nonstate actors (NSAs) is one of the main consequences of the grand Saudi-Iranian contest over regional dominance unleashed in the wake of the 2003 US invasion and occupation of Iraq.1 Albeit this contest predated the popular... Read More
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Announcements

Iran, Israel, and regime survival
Iran, Israel, and regime survival Shabnam Holliday - 7th Mar 2025 On 1 April 2024, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s consulate in Syria was...
Is Palestine the “Compass”?
Is Palestine the “Compass”? Toni Rouhana - 24th Sep 2024 Following years of sectarian tensions and violence, a recent poll has sparked...
Going Back to What You Know: October 7 and Order in the Middle East
Going Back to What You Know: October 7 and Order in the Middle East Simon Mabon - 22nd Aug 2024 Scholars of Middle Eastern politics typically point to 1979, 2003 and 2011 as...
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SEPAD is supported by the following organisations

Carnegie Corporation of New York Lancaster University Richardson Institute The Foreign Policy Centre
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