The events of September 11, 2001, forever changed the world as we knew it. In their wake, the quest for international order has prompted a reshuffling of global aims and priorities. In a fresh approach, Gilles Kepel focuses on the Middle East as a nexus of international disorder and decodes the comp[...]

The late twentieth century has witnessed the emergence of an unexpected and extraordinary phenomenon: Islamist political movements. Beginning in the early 1970s, militants revolted against the regimes in power throughout the Muslim world and exacerbated political conflicts everywhere. Their jihad, o[...]

In recent years, the world order has been rocked by an explosive, unexpected and extraordinary phenomenon: political Islam. Beginning in the early 1970s, militants revolted against the regimes in power across the Muslim world and exacerbated political conflicts internationally. Their jihad - or 'Hol[...]

Terrorattackerna den 11 september 2001 förändrade världspolitiken i grunden. Neokonservatia grupper fick allt större makt i Washington och en ny amerikansk mellanösternpolitik formulerades. I Saudiarabien och Afghanistan valde de radikala islamisterna att flytta terrorismen till väst - jihad u[...]