Geopolitics & International Relations
Our approach to geopolitics and international relations surveys the geographic, diplomatic, legal, and organizational factors which influence the relationship between contemporary Muslim polities and various international actors.
The ummatic study of geopolitics and international relations is also a study of the Muslim Umma from a global perspective. It serves as a crucible for new and inventive ways of thinking about these disciplines with the ummatic discourse at its core.
Some of the questions and areas covered by our study of Geopolitics and International Relations
How to revive the classical siyar literature to theorize about contemporary international relations
What material and conceptual challenges Muslim societies face that hinder ummatic unity and how they can be addressed
How the Muslim world can navigate the current era of power transition and vacuum
How Muslims can promote and build forums to create a new generation of scholars that look beyond nationalism and think ummaticly about international politics
What trends in global politics geopolitical thinkers must know in order to address the immediate challenges facing Muslim societies
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Irredeemable Failure: The Modern Nation-State as a Nullifier of Ummatic Unity
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The Roots of Regional Wars
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The Case Against ‘Islamism’
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The Indigenized War on Terror and Its Implications for the Muslim World
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Protecting the Vulnerable: Failures of the Liberal Order and the Potential for an Umma-Centered Global Imaginary
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The United States, West Africa, and Islam: Connections, Romanticization, and Securitization
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