Shireen T. Hunter is Director of the Islam Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Her areas of expertise include the Middle East especially the Persian Gulf region and Islam particularly in Russia, Europe, and the United States. She is the author of "The Future of Islam and the West: Clash of Civilizations or Peaceful Coexistence?" (CSIS/Praeger, 1998) and editor of "Islam: Europe's Second Religion" (Praeger, 2002).