New Media to Further Global Engagement
al-Husein N. Madhany, Participant, 2010 U.S.-Islamic World Forum

The Brookings Institution

December 2010

This 2010 Brookings workshop paper explores opportunities for expanding the instruments available to foreign policymakers to engage weak states. Fragmented and internally divided states can be difficult to influence by traditional foreign policy means and further can be difficult to understand through traditional media outlets...  Read More

The Role of Religious Leaders and Religious Communities in Diplomacy
Stephen Grand, Director, Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

Durriya Badani, Deputy Director, Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

The Brookings Institution

October 2010

Recent incidents such as the Swiss referendum, the Geert Wilders video, and the Danish cartoon controversy have demonstrated the renewed role that religion plays in foreign policy. Religious leaders and the communities they serve have the capacity either to temper or exacerbate disputes that arise…  Read More
 

Transformative Partnerships in U.S.-Muslim World Relations: Empowering
Networks for Community Development and Social Change
Peter Mandaville, Co-Director, George Mason University Center for Global Studies

The Brookings Institution

June 2010

For nearly a full decade now, issues relating to terrorism, security, and conflict have dominated U.S. relations with the Muslim world. On one level this discussion has simply reflected certain geopolitical realities such as the attacks of September 11, 2001, subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (now extending to parts of Pakistan), ongoing conflict in the Arab world, and the challenge of Iran…  Read More
 

Scientific, Intellectual, and Governance Cooperation on Emerging
Environmental Challenges in the Muslim World
David Michel, Senior Associate, The Stimson Center
Amit Pandya, Senior Associate and Director of the Regional Voices Transnational Challenges Project, The Stimson Center
Corey Sobel, Research Associate, The Stimson Center

The Brookings Institution

June 2010

In his 4 June 2009 speech at Cairo University, President Barack Obama called for a new partnership on science and technology with Muslim-majority countries. Among other initiatives, the President announced the creation of a fund to support technological development in the Islamic world; proposed establishing centers of scientific excellence in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia…  Read More