Religion & Security Research Project
The Center's Religion & Security Research Project explores the intersections among religious belief, identity, and political stability. The project builds on IGE’s groundbreaking book Religion and Security: The New Nexus in International Relations (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), which came out of a national conference convened by IGE in 2003. The project seeks to provide scholars and policymakers with nuanced perspectives on both the stabilizing and destabilizing effects of religious practice in global affairs.
The project is currently sponsoring a research project on "Pakistan's Islamist Frontier," led by CFIA Research Fellow Joshua T. White. The project examines the changing dynamics of Islamic politics in Pakistan's troubled North-West Frontier.
For presentations and articles related to this research project, see:
- Panel discussion, Heritage Foundation, May 2009
- Panel discussion, Urban Institute, May 2009
- Panel discussion, The Jamestown Foundation, April 2009
- Panel discussion, Department for International Development, March 2009
- Presentation, Middle East Institute, March 2009
- Congressional testimony, U.S. House of Representatives, March 2009
- Pakistan's Islamic Frontier, Monograph by Joshua White, November 2008
- Panel discussion, CSIS, May 2008
- Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, March 2008
- Conference presentation, Johns Hopkins SAIS, November 2007