Against this background, efforts to tame the deep-seated Sunni-Shia rivalry (by, for example, improving relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran), though undoubtedly important, should not take priority over a strategy to address the sectarianism plaguing the Sunni belt. That strategy must center on federalism.
在这样的背景下，解决根深蒂固的逊尼派-什叶派对立的努力（比如改善沙特阿拉伯和伊朗的关系）尽管毫无疑问至关重要，但也不应该高于解决肆虐于逊尼派内部的宗派主义的战略。这一战略必须以联邦制为核心。