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Olivier Roy

Capsule Review
May/June
2008
The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East; The New Middle East
L. Carl Brown
Capsule Review
Sep/Oct
2007
Secularism Confronts Islam
Philip H. Gordon
Review Essay
Jan/Feb
2005
Whither Political Islam?
Mahmood Mamdani

Thinking of modern jihad as simply a cultural extension of Islam is a common, and unfortunate, mistake. Two new books by Gilles Kepel and Olivier Roy offer better historical and sociological explanations, but they are only a start.
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
1994
The Failure of Political Islam
William B. Quandt
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009 / 6, 88
Essay
In the Quicksands of Somalia
Bronwyn Bruton

Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired. It should renounce political intervention and encourage local development without trying to improve governance.
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