With the end of the Cold War, it is Islam that will, in the next few decades, come to fulfil the role of communism as a rival to the ideological power of the West. In this topical, perceptive and impartial collection of his writings, Easterman focuses on the real challenge ahead of us: not how we should help one side or the other, but how we can defend all humankind from the greater threats of bigotry and political extremism.