The Globalist

Caught between Western-backed illiberal authoritarians and anti-Western religious fanatics, liberalism is under siege

All around the world, active citizenship is under attack and the space for civic engagement is closing.

So far, ISIS has not turned its attention heavily toward the religiously diverse target.

A responsible military and political plan to isolate ISIS geographically, militarily and diplomatically.

Silence now will cost critical economic partners and strategic allies all over the world.

The homegrown attacks in the U.S. and Europe have more in common with secular mass shooters than with Mideast jihad.

Tensions since Ottomans and Persians led rival empires that fought for control of the Middle East.

A new priority for Indian foreign policy.

France and Germany have the largest Muslim populations in Western Europe.

The world’s Muslim population is highly concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region.