March 2009 - Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP)
Rewriting the Narrative: An Integrated Strategy for Counterradicalization
-- "A joint project of two Institute programs -- Project FIKRA and the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence"
-- PDF of WINEP report

On page 15:

Prioritize Political Engagement...
"While interacting with a diverse range of
Muslims and Arabs, the U.S. government should
prioritize its political engagement with parties
and groups that share our long-term objectives
and have a demonstrated track record in standing
up to and competing with both violent and nonviolent
extremists. Such parties and groups deserve
first claim on the attention of our diplomats and
policymakers."

"We define Islamist groups as those that endorse the reestablishment of a
 caliphate, which would be governed by sharia (Islamic law), including those who
support achieving this end state through the political process. We explicitly do not
put all religious and practicing Muslims in this category, as most do
not sign on to this broader vision and do not believe political systems and
governments need to be run according to these principles."
 

On Page 16

"U.S. engagement will naturally vary with different
strands of Islamist groups. We endorse such engagement
when its objectives are concrete and clearly
articulated to advance U.S. interests."

"The United States should amplify the voices
critical of al-Qaeda, particularly former jihadists
and extremists like Dr. Fadl"

According to WINEP:

"Rewriting the Narrative is endorsed by a distinguished group of policy practitioners: U.S. congressional representatives Jane Harman (D-CA), Sue Myrick (R-NC), and Adam Smith (D-WA); former 9/11 commissioner Timothy J. Roemer; former U.S. ambassador to Morocco Marc Ginsberg; former deputy assistant to the president for homeland security Frank J. Cilluffo; the presidents of the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute Kenneth Wollack and Lorne W. Craner, respectively; prominent scholars Bruce Hoffman and Mohammed M. Hafez; former Kennedy School dean and Clinton administration official Joseph S. Nye, Jr.; former Bush administration officials Randa Fahmy Hudome and M. C. Andrews; president of the Henry L. Stimson Center Ellen Laipson; Freedom House executive director Jennifer Windsor; Hudson Institute vice president S. Enders Wimbush; president of the Progressive Policy Institute Will Marshall; Johns Hopkins SAIS adjunct professor Joshua Muravchik; and Washington Institute executive director Robert Satloff."

"J. Scott Carpenter, Michael Jacobson, and Matthew Levitt of The Washington Institute convened the task force."