In this piece, Vish Sakthivel writes about how U.S. foreign policy shapes Islamist contention, using the example of Algeria.
The Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power
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Michael Farquhar and Alex Thurston write that Mauritania’s scholarly culture has meant that Mauritania has much to offer Saudi Arabia—making Mauritania not just a recipient of Saudi Arabian outreach, but also a contributor to Saudi Arabia’s own religious development.
Alix Philippon writes that Sufism has been brought to the fore in U.S. policymaking circles as an ideological bulwark against extremism. She argues that the idealization of the category of Sufism in public policy might have serious counterproductive effects as far as curbing violence is concerned.
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