The Sectarian Iceberg?

Pensée 3: A Sectarian Middle East?

The Future of Sectarian Relations in the Middle East

S ectarianism—particularly the Sunni-Shi‘a variant1—is a prominent feature of the Middle East landscape. From the civil wars raging in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, to regional competition between Iran and Saudi Arabia, to governing strategies in religiously mixed countries, sectarianism is shaping regional developments. Sectarianism, which is difficult to measure or separate from other factors with ...

The Tip of the Iceberg

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains one of the largest preventable burdens of disease in the world. It is perceived as a disease of childhood, acquired by streptococcal throat infection of the tonsillo-pharynx, leading to an inflammatory reaction that involves many organs, including the heart. However, cases in children of 5 to 14 years of age are likely to represent only 15% to 20% of all ca...

The tip of the iceberg.

Christopher Lieu, MD William J. Janssen, MD Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD 1 Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado. 2 Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado. 3 Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 4 Patient Safety...

Are Institutions the Answer? Mitigating Sectarian Protest in Divided Nations

Ethnic violence has increased exponentially in the decades following World War II. As such, it is imperative that cures for the unique ills found in divided societies be discovered. This article seeks to quantitatively investigate the effici ency of formal political institutions in curbing ethnically-based violent protest in divided societies. As such, the dependent variable is the level of vio...