Building Moderate Muslim Networks

by Rabasa, Angel; Benard, Cheryl; Schwartz, Lowell H.; Sickle, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780833041227
• ISBN10: 0833041223
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 3/18/2007
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

Radical Islamists spread their message using extensive networks spanning the Muslim world, but moderates have not created similar networks. The authors derive lessons from U.S. and allied Cold War experience fostering democratic networks, determine their applicability to current conditions in the Muslim world, evaluate U.S. programs of engagement with the Muslim world, and develop a road map to foster the construction of moderate Muslim networks.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Cold War experience	p. 7
Parallels between the Cold War and the challenges in the Muslim world today	p. 35
U.S. government efforts to stem the radical tide	p. 41
Road map for moderate network building in the Muslim world	p. 65
The European pillar of the network	p. 91
The Southeast Asian pillar of the network	p. 105
The Middle East component	p. 113
Secular Muslims : a forgotten dimension in the war of ideas	p. 121
Conclusions and recommendations	p. 139
U.S. foreign assistance framework	p. 147
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