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January 12, 2019
In a Brookings Institution podcast, Berkley Center Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville and Shadi Hamid discuss their new paper, which focuses largely on how both Saudi Arabia and Iran employ Islam as a soft power tool in the conduct of their foreign policy, and also touches on case studies including Morocco, Jordan, Turkey, and Indonesia.
January 2, 2019
In this review for the New Yorker, Berkley Center Senior Fellow Paul Elie takes a look at Walker Percy's The Moviegoer, describing it as "the first work of what we call contemporary American fiction, the earliest novel to render a set of circumstances and an outlook that still feel recognizably ours."
December 7, 2018
Berkley Center Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville examines the rise of Islamic soft power in a Foreign Affairs article co-authored with Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Institution.
December 6, 2018
In a December 2018 interview recorded at Lambeth Palace during the World Muslim Leaders Forum, Berkley Center Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari explains why Islam does not reform and discusses the historical and political reasons for the growing fear of Islam in the West.
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March 6, 2026
Lise Morjé Howard, a faculty fellow at the Berkley Center, will participate in a panel discussion at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace titled “The UN Without the United States: UN Peacekeeping.” The event will explore how shifting global politics and a potential decline in U.S. support could reshape the future of United Nations peacekeeping operations.
February 26, 2026
The Georgetown University School of Health has recognized Myha Hill as a recipient of the 2026 Education and Social Justice (ESJ) Fellowship. Hill joins three other Georgetown undergraduates in the 2026 cohort who will conduct research on the intersections of education, equity, and social justice.
February 13, 2026
Writing in Religion News Service, Berkley Center Research Fellow Jim Wallis contends that facing the history of racial injustice in the United States with honesty is not divisive, but necessary for democratic renewal and moral clarity.
February 9, 2026
Kenyan nuns are providing vital maternal health care in climate‑stressed regions. Member of the Women Faith Leaders Fellowship (WFLF) 2025-2026 cohort Sister Michelle Njeri, OSF, and WFLF alumna Sister Teresa Kiragu, ASN, are quoted on their faith‑driven efforts to protect mothers and newborns.
