Why Ibn Khaldun Still Matters
Dr. Muqtedar Khan is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware. He
Dr. Muqtedar Khan is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware. He is also a nonresident scholar with the Ibn Khaldun Center in Washington, D.C. He was the academic director of the U.S. State Department’s National Security Institute, 2016-2019 and is the academic director of the American Foreign Policy Institute, 2019-2025, at the University of Delaware. He was a Senior Nonresident Fellow of the Brookings Institution (2003-2008) and a Senior Fellow with the Center for Global Policy (2017-2020). He authored the award-winning book Islam and Good Governance: Political Philosophy of Ihsan published in April 2019 by Palgrave Macmillan. His articles and commentaries can be found at www.ijtihad.org. His academic publications can be found at https://udel.academia.edu/MuqtedarKhan. He hosts a YouTube show called Khanversations at https://www.youtube.com/c/ProfMuqtedarKhan.
Latest Articles
From South Asia to South Houston: Foreign Conflicts in Domestic Politics
American elections are becoming a battleground for conflicts in faraway lands as diasporas place the political interests of nations they have left behind ahead of the political needs of the nation they have settled in. This trend could fragment potential coalitions of immigrants and progressive groups and is likely to push independents to the right to coalesce behind the idea of “America First.”
A U.S. Grand Strategy for the Post Pandemic World
For the United States, the geopolitics of the COVID-19 pandemic will boil down to a contest with China.
‘Namaste Trump’: Pomp and Ceremony Sans Strategic Progress
The U.S. president’s visit to India is unlikely to enhance the countries’ relationship.