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President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
At A Glance
A publication analyzing the global Islamist movement and the Muslim search for religious and political alternatives to political Islam.
Director
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World
hillel@hudson.org
Founded in 2005, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, aims to promote an analytical discussion of the global Islamist movement and the rival streams within it, as well the Muslim search for religious and political alternatives to political Islam.
The editors of Current Trends will accept and review unsolicited manuscripts from authors around the world. In general, we are looking for essays that are 4,500 to 5,500 words in length, that draw from primary resources, and that provide new insights into the varieties of Islamism worldwide.
Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 37
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Somali National Army soldiers escort members of the press to hideouts used by the terrorist group al-Shabaab in the Sabiid-Aanole areas of Somalia on June 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A Jeep belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah group is seen in Syrian near Lebanon on August 2, 2017. (Getty Images)
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Members of Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood lead a demonstration in Amman on February 9, 2004. (Getty Images)
