http://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/PB159.pdf
Describes how and why the conflict in Syria is intensifying Sunni-Shia tensions in Lebanon. From the United States Institute of Peace
http://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/PB160.pdf
Examines the rise of sectarianism in the Middle East since 2003 and how the social, political, and technological changes which are fueling this trend are affecting Sunni and Shia communities. From the United States Institute of Peace
http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v08
Official documents detailing the efforts of Carter Administration officials to bring together Egypt and Israel for bilateral negotiations on a peace settlement which would cover the case of Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank. From the State Department
http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn02729.pdf
Discusses the main changes to British arms export control policy and practice since 1997. Includes changes in practice involving arms exports to Middle Eastern and North African countries involved in the Arab Spring with regard to goods that might be used for internal repression. From the House of Commons Library
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R43201.pdf
Reviews the issues related to possible military intervention including use of chemical weapons, efficacy of limited military action, international response, and war powers matters. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1157
Examines how Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has diverged from Al Qaeda and how it used Yemen’s Arab Spring uprising to paralyze the country’s government and divide the military into hostile factions. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS21534.pdf
Discusses the gradual change toward reform in Oman as an aspect of the Arab Spring, the leading role played by the Sultan of Oman, and the nature of U.S.-Oman relations, especially in their differing views of Iran. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1158
Reviews the effect of the Arab Spring uprisings on the mostly Sunni Arabian peninsula monarchies and their mostly Shia population as demands for political reform increase. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College