"Economics versus Extremism: The New Muslim Middle Class and Ideological Shift in the Muslim World"

Vali Nasr, Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University, presented a public talk titled, "Economics versus Extremism: The New Muslim Middle Class and Ideological Shift in the Muslim World," at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8, in Bowl 016, Robertson Hall. Vali Nasr, a specialist on political and social developments in the Muslim world, is a Senior Advisor to Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan for the U.S. State Department. For a full bio, go to wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/Va...

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Democratising and normalising relations with any part of the world, not just the muslim world, is in the long run good for our species as a whole. But the current power centres as they are don't want this to happen as it isn't good for their own short term interests.
This is often hard to see as there is a brutal PR campaign designed to keep these interests suppressed. However highlighting and disseminating them is in actual fact a more patriotic thing to do than to shout.