Stephen R. Grand directs the Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy. Saban Fellow Kristin M. Lord recently published the Brookings report “Voices of America: U.S. Public Diplomacy for the 21st Century.”

Blog Entries by Stephen R. Grand and Kristin M. Lord

To Rebuild U.S.-Muslim World Relations, Obama Is Not Enough

Posted March 26, 2009 | 11:15 AM (EST)


President Obama has moved rapidly to mend the frayed relationship between the United States and the Muslim world, spawning a new if guarded optimism in predominantly Muslim societies. According to a BBC World Service Poll, 51% of Turks, 58% of Egyptians, and 64% of Indonesians believe that President Obama will...

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