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Articles written by James Hoesterey

Total Diplomacy, Cash Diplomacy, and the Fate of “Moderate Islam”

James Hoesterey
April 7, 2017September 13, 2017

While some Indonesian politicians and religious leaders jockey for Saudi praise, others bemoan Saudi Arabia as a kingdom which has gone astray from Islam’s true religious principles, whose exported Wahhabi theology threatens Indonesian national integrity, and whose wealthy citizens have been accused of torturing their Indonesian housemaids.

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Rebranding Islam: Public Diplomacy, Soft Power, and the Making of “Moderate Islam”

Series: ACI proposal
James Hoesterey
April 20, 2016August 13, 2019

During the years following 9/11, Indonesia’s foreign ministry promoted Indonesia as the model for “moderate Islam.”

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