Two articles that I have chosen this week are “What caused Syria’s Civil War?” – by Syrian Reverend Nadim Nassar – and “9 Questions about Syria You Were Too Embarrassed to Ask” by Max Fisher. Both of this articles give different perspectives on what started and what has fueled the Syrian conflict. I think it is important to understand this part of the story in order to comprehend how it may end. Nassar points out that the civil war begin with people wanting freedom from the Assad regime and democracy; however as the conflict grew it turned into a sectarianism fight for some groups, which has been overly covered by the world and has overshadowed what Syrians were truly after when protests began early in 2011. In Fisher’s article, he brings up two interesting theories on how the conflict began. For one he calls the ‘sectarian re-balancing’, meaning that this conflict was the inevitable outcome of diverse religious and ethnic groups forced together – by the invisible borders created by European nations – and that this conflict is a way to re-balance the powers between them. Another theory he mentions is that the Assad regime mentality and ideals are far too outdated for the modern age we live in. So it was only a matter of time until it could no longer hold its own. As both articles mention, it is difficult to ignore the fact that sectarianism as an issue has developed as the crisis has continued. This development of sectarianism is also seen when looking at the revolution development in Egypt. It began with citizen demanding removal of Mubarak to gain freedom and basic rights/needs from the suppression of the regime. However, as the revolution continued, tension and demands from groups as the Muslim Brotherhood increased. It was not long before the Brotherhood ended up taking office and Presidency in Egypt which turned the revolution into something entire new from what it started as. It is difficult to say which perspectives of globalization are being represented by these two authors, as neither particularly focus on foreign relations and the cause of Syrian Crisis. Yes Fisher does metion a theory that European intervention forcing religous and ethnic groups together could have caused the sectarian issues of the crisis. However, this is not a theory that Fisher is siding with.