New Perspectives Quarterly

Has one or two interesting and fairly short articles in its Winter 2005 edition.

In The Rise and Fall of America's Soft Power, Nathan Gardels argues that America's decision to go to war in Iraq despite global opposition has demoted the country from a hegemon to a preponderant military power, with the consequence that the legitimacy of American operations in the world today can no longer be assumed and must be earned each and every time for the forseeable future.

In Europe's Muslims Show the Way, Tariq Ramadan, whose visa to work in the United States was revoked by the government, reflects on that decision and discusses how Western governments and Muslims in the West should respond to recent kidnappings by Islamist groups in Iraq, the headscarf ban in France, and whether he expects a backlash against Muslims in Europe.


Finally, in A Europe of Two Souls, an interview with novelist Orhan Pamuk, topics discussed include the changes currently taking place in Turkey, whether Muslims in the West should accept the liberal culture norms of their host countries, and his decision to explore the minds of radical Islamists in his latest novel, Snow.

All available online.