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Bruce Maddy-Weitzman* The Middle East Review of International Affairs This article reviews three possible regime scenarios for the three principle Maghreb countries of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The three scenarios include: the Islamization of the political sphere, the continuation of the authoritarian status quo, and accelerated evolution towards democracy. . . . → Read More: MAGHREB REGIME SCENARIOS

Anthony F. Lang, Jr. Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 24.1 (Spring 2010) On November 17, 2009, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed—as well as four other alleged coconspirators to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States—in a New York federal court. The decision reflects the [...] . . . → Read More: The Politics of Punishing Terrorists

Shibley Telhami, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy The Brookings Institution: June 02, 2010 The Memorial Day bloodshed in the Mediterranean has readily visible consequences in the loss of innocent lives, the pervasive international anger with Israel, and the significant crisis in Israeli-Turkish relations.  However, the tragedy also poses significant [...] . . . → Read More: The Deeper Crisis behind the Bloodshed on the Gaza Flotilla

Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 21.4 Andrew F. March The interest of Western intellectuals in Islamic political and ethical traditions (predominantly its traditions of warfare, but also of governance, social order, and gender relations) is now almost matched by our fascination with “Islam in the West.” This interest quite naturally manifests itself in a focus [...] . . . → Read More: Reading Tariq Ramadan: Political Liberalism, Islam, and “Overlapping Consensus”

Tariq Ramadan La formule a fleuri à travers le monde après les attentats du 11 septembre 2001 aux Etats-Unis. Face à l’horreur et à l’inacceptable, on cherchait des « musulmans modérés » capables de réagir, de se distancer et de critiquer les actions des « musulmans extrémistes », des « fondamentalistes » ou des « islamistes ». On a vu ainsi se créer [...] . . . → Read More: Qui sont les musulmans modérés ?