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August 18, 2017

Diplomatic Engagement with Islamists (Almost) Never Works

A popular idea that’s failed many times.

Last year, a British parliamentary commission issued a report urging the Foreign Office to engage diplomatically with Islamist leaders and even to try to persuade them to take more liberal stances. Such suggestions have gained purchase recently among Western diplomats and policy experts; John Jenkins is, to say the least, skeptical:

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