Jonathan Laurence

Laurence is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, a political science professor at Boston College and the author of Coping with Defeat: Sunni Islam, Roman Catholicism and the Modern State.

October 27, 2017 | Jonathan Laurence

In Sunni North Africa, fears of Iran's Shia shadow

These are challenging times for North Africa's Muslim governments. Even as Daesh is ousted from its strongholds in Iraq and Syria, the extremist group is continuing its battle against...

Published in: Africa, Algeria, Article, Asia & Americas, China, EU, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Iran, Iraq, Mauritania, Middle East, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey

Jonathan Laurence

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In Sunni North Africa, fears of Iran's Shia shadow