Will Trump be open to dialogue with Islamists?
The upset that few expected has happened — Donald J. Trump, who ran on a platform of bigotry in a variety of fashions, has won the US presidential election. One of the first international leaders to call him with congratulations was Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. In policy circles in various Western capitals and in the region, the way in which a Trump presidency will deal with political Islamism, an issue both Trump and Sisi feel strongly about, is piquing curiosity.
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H.A. Hellyer, “Will Trump be open to dialogue with Islamists?,” Al-Monitor, 16 November 2016, https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2016/11/trump-stance-islamists-brotherhood-sisi-turkey-erdogan.html.
Hellyer, H.A. (2016, November 16). Will Trump be open to dialogue with Islamists?. Al-Monitor. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2016/11/trump-stance-islamists-brotherhood-sisi-turkey-erdogan.html
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