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.
The Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power
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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.
Ger FitzGerald reflects on the Catholic dimension of Irish-American political advocacy after Brexit and during the Biden administration, highlighting efforts by the Ancient Order of Hibernians to defend the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Good Friday Agreement.
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