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Nationalism, Sectarianism, and Identity Politics in the Middle East

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Nov 09 2017
Nationalism, Sectarianism, and Identity Politics in the Middle East

Presentation on the Middle East by Robert J. Riggs, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair of B.A. program in Religion and Politics and Associate Professor in the M.A. program in Global Development and Peace, University of Bridgeport

In the aftermath of the Islamic State’s takeover of large swaths of Iraq and Syria, Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announced, “This blessed advance will not stop until we hit the last nail in the coffin of the Sykes-Picot conspiracy.” Not only leaders from the region itself, but many contemporary scholars and policymakers have attributed the current instability in the Middle East to the drawing of artificial borders for new nation-states in the aftermath of WWI, pointing to the ethnic and religious tensions that have developed by competing ... view more »

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Thursday, November 9, 2017, 7:00-8:30 p.m., Flagler Room, Ponce de Leon Hall Commemorating Veterans’ Day

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