| Description |
ix, 193 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Western Historical Perceptions of Islam and Their Geopolitical Legacy. Europe and Asia. Islam and the Loss of Mediterranean Unity. Islam in Europe and Insecure Borderlands. The First Cold War. The Legacy of Colonialism. Recent Images: Suez, Oil, and the Iranian Revolution -- 3. The Muslim Historical and Psychological Perception of the West. Islam as a Christian Heresy. The Shrinking of Islamic Empire. The Era of Imperialism. The Export of Western Values. The Loss of Leadership of the Islamic World. The Establishment of Israel. Western Intervention. Islamic Weakness. The Dilemma of Modernization -- 4. Contemporary Dilemmas Posed to the West by the Islamic World. Islam, Democracy, and Human Rights. Migration and Social Cohesion. Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict. North-South Relations: To Have and Have Not. Islamic Instability as a Threat to World Order. The Islamic Factor in European Security. Proliferation and the North-South Military Balance |
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5. Contemporary Dilemmas Posed to the Islamic World by the West. Political Pressures. Economic Frictions. Islamic Communities Abroad -- 6. The Religious Dimension. The Theological Problem -- 7. Solidarity and Coexistence. Islamic Solidarity - How Likely? Factors Working Against Muslim Solidarity. Dealing with the Islamist Challenge. Islam as a Catalyst for Have-Not States. Potential Islamist Policies Toward the West -- 8. The Geopolitical Dimension. Areas of Confrontation. The Mediterranean. Turkey's Borders with "Christian" States in the Balkans. Central Asia. China. The Indian Subcontinent. Southeast Asia. Africa. North America -- 9. The Strategic Dimension. A Clash of Strategic Cultures? Deterrence and Extended Deterrence. Borderlands Revisited |
| Analysis |
Foreign relations Role of Islam |
| Notes |
"A RAND study"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index |
| Notes |
Text in Dutch |
| Subject |
Islam and world politics.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Relations -- Islamic countries.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115007
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Islamic countries -- Relations -- Europe.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104312
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| Author |
Lesser, Ian O., 1957-
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| LC no. |
95131078 |
| ISBN |
0813321484 (alk. paper) |
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0813321492 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9024541220 |
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