"From day one we begin bumping into the Silk Road’s new silk: hydrocarbons." @PaulSalopek walks through Central Asia https://t.co/ADYfM3r4i9 @NatGeoMag
The paradox of Islamic extremism today is that the historical caliphate that jihadists so desperately wish to resurrect would likely repel them. At the height of its power, the medieval Muslim world flourished because it was tolerant, open, inquiring. https://t.co/n2ucmZHHri