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In The Thistle and Tthe Drone, world-renowned author, diplomat, and scholar Akbar Ahmed reveals a tremendously important yet largely unrecognized adverse effect of these campaigns: they actually have exacerbated the already-broken relationship between central governments and the tribal societies on their periphery. Ideas of a clash of civilizations, “security,” and “terrorism” have dominated the last decade, upsetting the balance between central governments and their periphery in much of the world. Ahmed draws on sixty current case studies for this unprecedented analysis, begin- ning with Waziristan in Pakistan and expanding to similar societies in Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and elsewhere to offer an alternative paradigm. The United • Advertising: New York Review of Books; States is directly or indirectly involved with many of these societies. Al Qaeda has Foreign Affairs; London Review of Books; been decimated, but the world is drifting into a global war where the focus has shifted local radio to these peripheral societies. Old ethnic and tribal tensions have been revived. No one • Major electronic outreach: Facebook, is immune to the violence—neither school children nor congregations in their houses Twitter, Brookings UpFront blog, webcasts of worship. People on the periphery say, “Every day is 9/11 for us.” • Author appearances The thistle of the title evokes Hadji Murad, Tolstoy’s classic novel about the struggle • Galleys between the Imperial Russian army and the independent Muslim states in the • Launch events in Washington, D.C., and Caucasus. The local tribesman with his courage, pride, and sense of egalitarianism Cambridge (U.K.) is the prickly thistle; the drone reference, as the most advanced kill technology of globalization, is painfully clear. Together these two powerful metaphors paint a bleak landscape of confusion, uncertainty, violence, and loss. The book provides concrete ways to minimize conflict and still win the war on terror. Praise for the work of Akbar Ahmed “Readers [of Journey into America] unfamiliar with Islam will walk away with a much firmer grasp of its nuances, and everyone will likely learn a great deal about American self-perception.” —Publishers Weekly “Journey into America is a brilliant follow-up to Journey into Islam.” —Colonel David Kilcullen, The Accidental Guerilla OF RELATED INTEREST “Akbar Ahmed's voice needs to be heard, and his courage strengthened.” —Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Laureate Journey into America The Challenge of Islam Akbar Ahmed Akbar Ahmed is the Ibn Kahldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington, D.C. 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O’Hanlon or some observers, nuclear arms control is either a relic of the cold war, or a utopian dream about a denuclearized planet decades in the future. But in fact, Fas Brookings scholars Steven Pifer and Michael O’Hanlon argue in a new book, it is of major relevance to some of the key and urgent security challenges of the day. Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan dominate the nuclear headlines, and policymakers constantly try to find the right mix of sanctions, incentives, arms control options, and in some cases, even threats of military force to address the problems. Efforts led by the Obama administration to pressure Iran not to enrich uranium, North Korea not to test more devices, or Pakistan to slow its arms racing depend on international consen- sus about nuclear nonproliferation, nuclear testing, and nuclear weapons reductions. Then there is Russia. It remains America’s chief partner on nuclear arms negotia- tions, and also a rival in other ways. 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