January 3, 2008
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The greatest threat in the post-Cold War world, says Douglas Johnston, is the prospective marriage of religious extremism with weapons of mass destruction. Yet the U.S. spends most of its time, resources, and weapons fighting the symptoms of this threat, not the cause. The diplomacy of the future, he is showing, must engage religion as part of the strategic solution to global conflicts. |
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About the Image
A student of Jamia Binoria-AL-Almia seminary briefs Herald Jacoby and Douglas Johnston during a visit to madrasas in Karachi, Pakistan on August 6, 2006.
(Photo: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images) |
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Hear the Music
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 SoundSeen: Slideshow
» "Working for Peace in Foreign Lands"
Johnston's work has taken him to faraway places, inluding Pakistan, Sudan, and Iran. View some of the people and places he's seen over the years.
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Unheard Cuts
» Unheard Cuts
Editing is good, but sometimes there's something to be said for just hearing the conversation that took place in the moment. Here's your chance to listen to Krista's complete, unedited conversation with Johnston. We've also selected a couple additional segments that were left on the cutting room floor. |
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Voice on the Radio
Douglas Johnston
Johnston is president and founder of the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy. He's the co-editor of Religion, the Missing Dimension of Statecraft. |
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