Olivier Royis a professor at the L'Ecole de Haute Études de Sciences Sociales in Paris (Ehess). Among his books are The Failure of Political Islam (Harvard University Press, 1994), The New Central Asia: The Creation of Nations (New York University Press, 2000), Globalized Islam (Columbia University Press, 2004), (with Mariam Abou Zahab) Islamist Networks: The Afghan-Pakistan Connection (Columbia University Press, 2004), and Secularism Confronts Islam (Columbia University Press, 2007)

Recent articles

The vigorous debate about Muslims in Europe and their relationship to the west's understanding of itself needs to be informed by an understanding of history's duality and the present's fluidity, says Olivier Roy.

Islamist movements' entry into the electoral arena is changing them from within, making the choice for their western adversaries stark, says Olivier Roy in an edited version of a talk given at the Institute of Public Policy Research in London.

The Muslim world is witnessing a gradual recasting of Islam in the framework of democracy, says Olivier Roy.