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Radical Islam and international security : challenges and responses / edited by Hillel Frisch and Efraim Inbar.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- BESA studies in international security
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam and world politics.
- Security, International.
- Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Terrorism.
- Islamic fundamentalism--Middle East.
- Islamic fundamentalism.
- Islam and politics--Middle East.
- Islam and politics.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--Politics and government--1945-.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction: radical Islam and international security: challenges and responses / Hillel Frisch, Efraim Inbar 1
- Part I The challenge of radical Islam: general themes 9
- 1 Religious extremism or religionization of politics? The ideological foundations of political Islam / Bassam Tibi 11
- 2 Islam from flexibility to ferocity / Ze'ev Maghen 38
- 3 An economic perspective on radical Islam / Arye L. Hillman 44
- Part II The Islamist challenge: case studies 71
- 4 The rise of jihadi trends in Saudi Arabia: the post Iraq-Kuwait war phase / Joseph Kostiner 73
- 5 Islamic radicalism and terrorism in the European Union: the Maghrebi factor / Michael M. Laskier 93
- 6 Explaining the causes of radical Islam in Europe / Jonathan S. Paris 121
- 7 The evolution of Iranian interventionism: support for radical Islam in Turkey, 1982-2003 / Patrick James, Yasemin Akbaba 134
- 8 The Islamic dimension of Pakistan's foreign policy / Rushda Siddiqui 153
- Part III Responding to the Islamist challenge 169
- 9 The potential dangers of a "real" jihad / Max Singer 171
- 10 Deterring those who are already dead? / Laurent Murawiec 180
- 11 Fighting terrorism with democracy? / Daniel Byman 188
- 12 Counter-terrorist strategies / Jonathan Stevenson 204.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415444606
- 0415444608
- 9780203938409
- 0203938402
- OCLC:
- 156975281
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