US/INTERNATIONAL: Can talks with Islamists be useful?

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  • Overly broad Islamist label
  • Western divisions
  • EU engagement preference
  • US isolation policy
  • Knowing the enemy
  • Engagement process
  • Mitigating Islamist appeal
  • Social services provision
  • Political and social reform
  • Altering autocratic rule
  • Identifying 'trusted networks'
  • Western 'mediator' role

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