Peter Mandaville argues that ongoing day-to-day interfacing with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation secretariat via the U.S. consulate in Jeddah is important, but only a full-time U.S. special envoy will be able to oversee the kind of global and multifaceted OIC strategy America needs.
The Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power
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Khalil al-Anani explains how the Sisi regime’s relentless attempts to control religious institutions, and particularly Al-Azhar, to serve his political agenda have undermined Egypt’s religious soft power.
David H. Warren explores the role of interfaith dialogue in the foreign policy of the United Arab Emirates, highlighting the Abraham Accords as one effort to brand the UAE as an oasis of interfaith harmony as it moves away from an interventionist foreign policy.
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