Islamism revisited
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Contemporary Islamism is a response to the domestic political situation in many Muslim countries, as well as to US and western policies in the Muslim world, however, it is also about religious assertion and the forging of an alternative ideology, not only as a means of empowerment but also as a means of establishing a particular social order. The debate is internal and global one and in many ways reflects the struggles of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for political and cultural independence.
Publication Name: International Affairs
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0020-5850
Year: 2006
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The future of political Islam: The importance of external variables
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The impact of environmental factors external to Islamism as an ideology, and largely outside the control of Islamists on the future potential of political Islam is analyzed by putting Islamism in a wider perspective. It is very important to change the character of authorization and repressive Muslims regimes as well as to change significantly the substance of American policy towards Muslim world, or political Islam would continue to attract a good amount of support from Muslim populations.
Publication Name: International Affairs
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0020-5850
Year: 2005
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At the end of the journey: The risks of Cold War thinking in a new era
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The justification for the existence of nuclear weapons is examined, since many such beliefs have proved dangerous, accounting for severe risks and most extravagant costs of the US-Soviet confrontation. The ways in which these convictions have evolved are discussed and it is concluded that the humankind has no greater responsibility than to bring an end to the nuclear era.
Publication Name: International Affairs
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0020-5850
Year: 2006
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