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New!   Understanding Shari'ah: A Tale of Two Popes
By Sherman Jackson, ISPU Board of Advisors

New!   Why Pakistan plays a double game
By Fawaz A. Gerges, ISPU Fellow

New!   Islamophobia in America: Where Do We Go From Here?
By John L. Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

New!   Islamophobia and the Muslim center at Ground Zero
By John L. Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

New!   Turning Our Back on Religious Freedom Hurts All Americans
By Sahar Aziz, ISPU Legal Fellow

New!   Pride and Prejudice at Park51
By Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

New!   Build the 'Mosque' or Burn the Qur'an? It Hurts Some, But it is Constitutional
By Zareena Grewal, ISPU Director of CSAM

New!   Religious Freedom, Free Speech Face Off Nationwide
Arsalan Iftikhar on NPR, ISPU Fellow

New!   Lessons from Both Sides of the Atlantic on Tackling Islamic Radicalization
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Board of Directors

New!   Drop the Charges Against Anwar Ibrahim
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Board of Directors

New!   United States of Islamophobia?
By Arsalan Iftikhar, ISPU Fellow

Rebuttal to Josh Trevino on Anwar Ibrahim's Trial
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Board of Directors

True Islam will lead us away from terrorism
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Board of Directors

Why Would the Pakistani Intelligence Support the Taliban
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Board of Directors

GOP Candidates' Viral Fear Mongering
By John L. Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Don't Let Anyone Fool You that the WikiLeaks Affair Is Not Important
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Board of Directors

Lessons from one disabled man’s quest for faith
By HA Hellyer, ISPU Fellow

UK Muslims need a political, not a security, strategy
By HA Hellyer, ISPU Fellow

Shahzad’s story doesn’t fit the tired narrative
By HA Hellyer, ISPU Fellow

A woman’s right to choose should trump niqab ban
By HA Hellyer, ISPU Fellow

If We Really Want to Make Poverty History, We Must Abolish the EU's Common Agricultural Policy
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Board of Directors

Islamophobia and the Muslim center at Ground Zero
By John L. Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Veil ban a symbol of hypocrisy, fear
By Mohammed Ayoob, ISPU Fellow

There is no military solution to Afghan problem
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Board of Directors

Cricket a Mirror of Global Politics?
By Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Why give with one hand and take away with the other?
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Board of Directors

Iran must halt woman's death by stoning
By Arsalan Iftikhar, ISPU Fellow

US Power Seduced Blair and Goldsmith into Iraq War
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Board of Directors

Who is the Champion of Hypocrisy?
By Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Future Trends and Challenges to UK Security
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

The Middle East at the Crossroads: Gaza protests trigger regional realignment
By Fawaz A. Gerges, ISPU Fellow

Governments and Entrepreneurs
By Moushumi Khan, ISPU Research Associate

White House Needs to Rethink Weak U.S. Response to Israeli Attack
By John Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Unenlightenment and the 'Holy Land'
By Arsalan Iftikhar, ISPU Fellow

The Truth About Drones
By Fawaz A. Gerges, ISPU Fellow

HAMAS, SYRIA AND CHARLIE ROSE
By Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

British Universities Need to Invest to be the Best
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

The Cruelty of Britain's Craven Extradition Policy
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

American Muslims must be on guard against radicalization
By Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Proportional Representation Is Like a Box of Chocolates : You Never Know What You're Going to Get
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Cost of Germany Bailing out Greece is Damage to the Euro
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

No-name Radicals vs. 'South Park' Just a Distraction
By Arsalan Iftikhar, ISPU Fellow

Creating More Entrepreneurs
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Obama Must Tell It Like It Is on Afghanistan
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Lessons to Learn From the Failures of Britain's Attempt to Engage Muslims
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Holding Pakistan
By Haider Ali Hussein Mullick, ISPU Fellow

There is Nothing to Discuss on the Falklands' Sovereignty
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Why the next government must ring-fence defence spending
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

MPs weren't brave enough to deserve a medal
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Why the UK Governments Approach to Anti-Extremism is Counter Productive
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Is Karachi Becoming A Taliban Safe Haven?
By Imtiaz Ali, ISPU Fellow

Creating a Fairer Immigration System in the UK
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Missing voices in the Swiss debate on minarets ban
By Hisham Hellyer, ISPU Fellow

Can Obama Raise the Phoenix from the Ashes in the Middle East Peace Process?
By John Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Noughties
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Iraq's Delayed Democracy
By Fawaz A. Gerges, ISPU Fellow

The Tumor At The Heart Of Our Afghan Campaign
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Televised Political Debates Dumb Down Democracy
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Another Nail in the Coffin of the Special Relationship
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Only Credible Plan for Early Cuts Can Redeem Us
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Extremists of any color can commit terrorism
By Arsalan Iftikhar, ISPU Legal Fellow

A fatwa that might work
By Dr. Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Influential Pakistani cleric issues fatwa against terrorism
By John Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

It’s hard not to feel like a criminal in the airport
By H.A. Hellyer, ISPU Europe Fellow

The U.S. Can No Longer Afford Its Empire
By Ivan Eland, ISPU Fellow

Lone wolves signal al Qaeda's weakness
By Fawaz A. Gerges, ISPU Fellow

Worrying trends behind France’s ban of the niqab
By H.A. Hellyer, ISPU Europe Fellow

India’s Role in Afghanistan Could Make Things More Complicated
By Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Is the U.S. Overreacting to the Underpants Bomber?
By Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Al Qaeda has bounced back in Yemen
By Fawaz Gerges, ISPU Fellow

America’s Response to Terrorism: How to Fight Rather than Feed the Beast
By John Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Tackling the real causes of Islamic extremism
By Azeem Ibrahim, ISPU Fellow

Why profiling doesn't work
Arsalan Iftikhar, ISPU Legal Fellow

Tom Friedman on Muslims and Terrorism: Getting it Wrong Again
John Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Is America Facing a European-Like Domestic Terrorist Threat?
John Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Secretary Hillary Clinton Tete-A-Tete With ISPU Fellow, Dr. Hassan Abbas: A Conversation about Pakistan and the United States' Relations with the Muslim World
By Dr. Hassan Abbas, ISPU Fellow

Beefing Up COIN-lite in Afghanistan and Pakistan
By Haider Mullick, ISPU Fellow

Marketing the US in Pakistan
By Haider Mullick, ISPU Fellow

Afghan Mission Impossible
By Fawaz Gerges, ISPU Fellow

America between morality and imperialism in Afghanistan
By Dr. Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Religion and the crisis of authority
By Dr. Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Afghanistan: Obama's Afghan Predicament?
By Dr. Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Deciphering the attack on Pakistan’s Army headquarters
By Hassan Abbas, ISPU Fellow

A Global Agenda for Change in Muslim-Christian Relations
By John Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Pakistan’s New Taliban: Managing another threat to stability
By Haider Ali Hussein Mullick, ISPU Fellow

Obama’s AfPak metrics miss the mark on Pakistan
By Hassan Abbas, ISPU Fellow

Mideast Peace Talks Going Nowhere
By Fawaz Gerges, ISPU Fellow

Sick Man of The Middle East
By Fawaz Gerges, ISPU Fellow

This Ramadan, Give without Fear (but give wisely)
By Mazen Asbahi, ISPU General Counsel

Apostasy and Religious Pluralism
John Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia surge in Europe
By Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Commander of the Faithful:
Meet the man who is Islamabad and Washington's new Public Enemy No. 1.
By Imtiaz Ali, ISPU Fellow

Muslim Women Reclaiming Their Rights
By John Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Lions and Jackals: Pakistan’s Emerging Counterinsurgency Strategy
By Haider Ali Hussein Mullick, ISPU Fellow

The Fight for Pakistan’s Soul
By Hassan Abbas, ISPU Fellow

A Paradigm to Jump-Start U.S. - Muslim Relations
By John Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Obama’s Charisma Ignites Hope in Muslim Hearts
By Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Obama Must Speak to Young Muslims
By Fawaz A Gerges, ISPU Fellow

Why Obama should release photos
By Fawaz A Gerges, ISPU Fellow

Where Pakistan is Winning
By Haider Ali Hussein Mullick, ISPU Fellow

Al-Qaida Today: A Movement at the Crossroads
By Fawaz A Gerges, ISPU Fellow

The Other Face of Fascism
By Dr. Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Obama and the Muslim World: Building a New Way Forward
By John L. Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Reaching out to the Muslim World
By John L. Esposito, ISPU Board of Advisors

Honey, I shrunk Pakistan! The Taliban are coming
By Dr. Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Misreading the Iraqi Election Result
By Ivan Eland, ISPU Fellow

Obama:Sending the Right Signals
By Dr. Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

South Asians must stand together
By Hassan Abbas, ISPU Fellow

Engaging Hamas? Hamas is a Mideast reality
By Fawaz A. Gerges, ISPU Fellow

Hamas Rising
By Fawaz A. Gerges, ISPU Fellow

South Asia at War
By Hassan Abbas, ISPU Fellow

Bush Administration Continues to Inflame Islamist Terrorism
By Ivan Eland, ISPU Fellow

What Can Be Done About Pakistan?
By Dr. Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Beyond the line of control
By Dr. Hassan Abbas, ISPU Fellow

The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself
By Ivan Eland, ISPU Fellow

Losing the War on Terror
By Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Obama: An Internationalist President
By John Esposito, ISPU Advisor

Obama Gets Powell and McCain Gets al-Qaeda
By Ivan Eland, ISPU Fellow

Worry About bin Laden, Not the Taliban
By Ivan Eland, ISPU Fellow

Judgement is More Important than Experience

By Ivan Eland, ISPU Fellow

Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf
A prelude to chaos?

By Muqtedar Khan, ISPU Fellow

Muslim-Americans:
Between American Society and the American Story

By Dr. Sherman Jackson, ISPU Fellow

Tyson Foods controversy: The death of good intentions

By Junaid M. Afeef
ISPU Research Associate

Obama Should Embrace His Muslim Heritage

By Junaid M. Afeef
ISPU Research Associate

Musharraf's long goodbye

by Hassan Abbas
ISPU Fellow

General Petraeus' Progress Report Falls Flat
Fawaz Gerges, ISPU Fellow

It is time for US-Iran Détente

by Muqtedar Khan
ISPU Fellow

Did the Surge Work?

by Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

When global ordering and peacemaking leave the U.S. behind

by Muqtedar Khan
ISPU Fellow

Obama: First Global President?

by Muqtedar Khan
ISPU Fellow

To "Save Democracy", Bush's War Will Target Shias Too

by Muqtedar Khan
ISPU Fellow

Top 10 Things Not to Do in Iraq

By Ivan Eland, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

Don't We Have Enough Enemies Already?

By Ivan Eland, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

Middle East Crisis: Is The US Part of the Problem?

By Muqtedar Khan, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

Israel Is Winning the Battle, but Not the War

By Ivan Eland, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

Middle East Crisis: US Fails To Defend It Interests

By Muqtedar Khan, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

Give Iran Positive Incentives to Halt Its Nuclear Program

By Ivan Eland, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

Al Qaeda Talking Heads: What Is Behind the Media Blitz by bin Laden, al-Zawahiri and al-Zarqawi?

By Fawaz Gerges, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

The Failed Intelligence Reorganization Needs Reorganizing

By Ivan Eland, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

Zarqawi: The Man, Message and the Video Star

Fawaz Gerges, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

Is Veneration of the Military Good for the Republic

By Ivan Eland, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

How to Reform Immigration Laws

By Benjamin Powell, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

“Bush League” Trade Policy

By Benjamin Powell
ISPU Fellow

Americans Are Finally Waking Up to the Failure of U.S. Policy in Iraq

By Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

Can Lebanon Region Be Calmed?
Will Hariri’s Assassination Cause Further Destabilization? There May Be Ways to Avoid Disaster

By Fawaz A. Gerges, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

Critics on Iraq Policy Come Out of the Woodwork Too Late

By Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

Free Commerce vs. National Security: Is There Really a Contradiction?

By Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

Immigration Reform that Both Sides Can Support

By Dr. Benjamin Powell
ISPU Fellow

In the Fight Against Terrorism, Some Rights Must Be Repealed

By Junaid Afeef
ISPU Research Associate

Karen Hughes and American Muslims: Alliance against Extremism

By Muqtedar Khan
ISPU Fellow

Legislating Price Controls Won’t Aid Katrina Recovery

By Benjamin Powell
ISPU Fellow

London Attacks Question Our Humanity

By Muqtedar Khan
ISPU Fellow

Reforming the Homeland Security Department Is Unlikely

By Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

Restoring the Rule of Law and Constitutional Government

By Ivan Eland, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

The Iraq Constitution

By Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

The New Al Qaeda: More Dangerous than the Old Version

By Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

Time to Streamline Burdensome Airport Security

By Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

True Patriots Should Worry More about Freedom at Home

By Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

US Must Resign Itself to 'Rogue' State Nukes

By Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

Why Did Terrorists Strike London?

By Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

Will Iraq’s Constitution Be Irrelevant?

By Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

Despite TV Appearances, Al Qaeda Is Not Winning the War

By Fawaz A. Gerges, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

More Defense Dollars, Less Security

By Ivan Eland,Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow

The Failure of Nation-Building in Bosnia and Iraq

By Ivan Eland
ISPU Fellow

Hamas's Victory -- Good for All

by M. A. Muqtedar Khan, Ph.D.
ISPU Fellow