After the Winter Collapse: Blue Prints for a New American Spring

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  • The Sectarian Fault Line

    The Sectarian Fault Line

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    Tom Raquer
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    The war with Iran is not yet a Sunni–Shia war. But history suggests that conflicts in the Middle East rarely remain purely geopolitical. If the current confrontation widens, the deeper sectarian fault line of the Islamic world may once again shape the struggle for regional power.