Post-Orientalism and Geopolitics: Three Debates that Inform Islam and U.S. Foreign Policy

This article argues that a post-orientalist discourse has emerged over the past few decades to challenge the dominance of...

Friday, July 3, 2020

The Post-September 11 Rise of Islamophobia: Identity and the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ in Europe and Latin America

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Islamophobia exploded across ‘the West,’ but particularly in...

Friday, June 18, 2021

Global Security Watch: The Caucasus States

Global Security Watch: The Caucasus States by Professor Houman A. Sadri of the University of Central Florida is an...

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Was Huntington Right? Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations

This essay is an attempt to revisit Samuel Huntington’s controversial thesis about a clash of civilizations. Though the...

Monday, October 1, 2012

American Christians and Islam: Evangelical Culture and Muslims from the Colonial Period to the Age of Terrorism

Spiritual conflict with Islam has a long lineage in Christian thought. Bernard Lewis, the dean of Western scholars of...

Thursday, July 1, 2010

The Alliance of Civilizations: The Poverty of the Clash/Alliance Dichotomy?

The Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) initiative emerged from debates around the “clash of civilizations.” Based on this I...

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

The Alliance of Civilizations: Possibilities of Conflict Resolution at the Civilizational Level

This study examines the possible contributions of the critical perspectives and conceptual frameworks of the Conflict...

Wednesday, July 1, 2009