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The Sectarianism, Proxies, and De-Sectarianism Project held its inaugural conference Sectarianism, Proxies, and De-Sectarianism Across the Middle East on the 28th of March 2019 in the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and Religion at Lancaster U...

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...

The Sectarianism, Proxies and De-Sectarianism project and the Richardson Institute is hosting a one-day conference in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University on the subject of sectarianism, proxies and de-se...

A really fascinating article by Geneive Abdo who explores Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's move from traditi...

The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul captured international news headlines. After denying any hand in his killing, Saudi authorities confessed that Khashoggi’s death was a result of a special ...

On Tuesday 11^th September, the Sectarianism, Proxies and De-Sectarianization project (SEPAD) was launched in London at an event co-organised by the Foreign Policy Centre. The launch was comprised of two parts: the first, a workshop...

The Richardson Institute is delighted to announce that it has received funding from Carnegie Corporation of New York to run Sectarianism, Proxies and De-Sectarianisation, a two year project that explores the impact of the r...