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100	1		_aNASR Vali
245			_aWhen the Shiites rise / _cVali Nasr
260			_c2006
520			_aWhen the United States toppled Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq it did not get the regime change it expected. Liberating the Shiite majority appears to be contributing to a wider destabilisation that will upset the sectarian balance not only in Iraq but possibly the whole of the middle east. This article looks at the opportunities thus presented for closer engagement between the USA and Iran, and the risks that at worst Iraq may collapse leading to regional war. Draws uncomfortable parallels with events in British India in 1947.
650			_aUNITED STATES _xFOREIGN POLICY _xMIDDLE EAST
650			_aIRAQ _xINTERNAL UNREST
650			_aMIDDLE EAST _xREGIONAL SECURITY
773			_aForeign Affairs : _gVol 85 No 4, July-August 2006, pp.58-74
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