The Trials of Democracy: American Nationalism, Religion & Foreign Policy III
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Show 158b: The Trials of Democracy: American Nationalism, Religion & Foreign Policy II
The Trials of Democracy: American Nationalism, Religion & Foreign Policy II
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Show 158a: The Trials of Democracy: American Nationalism, Religion & Foreign Policy
The Trials of Democracy: American Nationalism, Religion & Foreign Policy (Part One)
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What is the relationship between nationalism and religion in the US? How do Americans see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and why? How does nationalism and religion in America influence US Foreign Policy? And what is the relationship between Islamic Fundamentalism, and US Foreign Policy?
As Iraq slips into civil war, bin Laden continues to record threats of terror against America, and the misguided brouhaha in the western press over the Muslim reaction to Danish cartoons unfavorably depicting Islam, add to the tensions of the modern world, these kinds of questions are more important than ever.
Anatol Lieven, originally from the UK, offers a European take on American nationalism while Stephen Bronner offers an American-born outlook, and Pervez Hoodbhoy offers a Pakistani (Muslim world) outlook.