All Entries in the "Ikhwan & West" Category
Islamic Reformation
Exposing the Battle for Hearts and Minds
A Post-election Re-reading of Islamist Political Thought
Barack Obama’s post-election rhetoric regarding the “Muslim world” has signaled a critical paradigm shift from his predecessor.
Democracy, Terrorism and American Policy in the Arab World
The United States has embarked upon what President Bush and Secretary of State Rice has called a “generational challenge” to encourage political reform and democracy in the Arab world. The Bush Administration and other defenders of the democracy campaign contend that the push for Arab democracy is not only about spreading American values, but also about insuring American security.
Claiming the Center: Political Islam in Transition
In the 1990s political Islam, what some call “Islamic fundamentalism,” remains a major presence in government and in oppositional politics from North Africa to Southeast Asia. Political Islam in power and in politics has raised many issues and questions: “Is Islam antithetical to modernization?
It’s the Policy, Stupid
Political Islam and US Foreign Policy
Resolving America’s Islamist Dilemma
Lessons from South and Southeast Asia
International Consultation of Muslim Intellectuals on Islam & Politics
This two-day discussion brought together experts and scholars from Bangladesh, Egypt, India,Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sudan and Sri Lanka representing academia,non-governmental organizations and think tanks. Among the participants were a number of former government officials and one sitting legislator.
Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations
In the last year, Egyptian foreign policy, particularly its relationship with the United States, hasbenefitted substantially from both a change in U.S. policy and from events on the ground.
TRAVELS AMONG EUROPE’S MUSLIM NEIGHBOURS
THE QUEST FOR DEMOCRACY
BETWEEN THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL
ISLAMISM, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND INDONESIA
Reform in the Muslim World: The Role of Islamists and Outside Powers
The Bush Administration’s focus on spreading democracyin the Middle East has been much discussedover the past several years, not only in the United Statesand Arab and Muslim countries but also around theworld.
POLITICAL ISLAM and the West
At the dawn of the 21st centurypolitical Islam, ormore commonly Islamicfundamentalism, remainsa major presence in governments andoppositional politics from North Africato Southeast Asia.
Building bridges not walls
Engaging with political Islamists in the MiddleEast and NorthAfrica
ISLAM, DEMOCRACY & THE USA
THE AUDACITY OF A COMMON GROUND?
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