Articles by Thomas Farr
The Trouble with American Foreign Policy and Islam
Thomas Farr Monday, 13 June 2011
Religious liberty is essential for building stable and lasting democracies. A successful regime of religious liberty has three characteristics: full equality under the law for religious minorities, limits on the majority's cultural and political dominance, and vigorous freedom of expression.
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World of Faith and Freedom: Why International Religious Liberty Is Vital to American National Security
Thomas Farr Monday, 23 March 2009
American foreign policy needs to recognize the formative role religion plays in global affairs, and it can rely on America's historical record of religious freedom as an example of pluralism in a democratic public square. (Oxford University Press, USA, 2008.)
Introduction: IRFA, Ten Years On
Dennis Hoover, Thomas Farr Sunday, 1 June 2008
The time is ripe for reviewing the International Religious Freedom Act. The Summer 2008 issue marks the Act's 10th anniversary, presenting select papers from an ongoing conference series. [FREE]
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Retooling the Middle Eastern Freedom Agenda: Engaging Islam
Thomas Farr Friday, 1 September 2006
The current debate over America's "democracy project" in the Middle East does not address U.S. foreign policy's failure to engage Islam directly as a religion.
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Religious Realism in Foreign Policy: Lessons from Vatican II
Thomas Farr Thursday, 1 December 2005
The U.S. democratization strategy is being compromised by the foreign policy establishment's suspicion of religion; principles articulated in the Dignitiatis Humanae can provide a corrective. [FREE]
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Public Religion, Secretary Rice, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Thomas Farr Tuesday, 1 March 2005
We must work to create space for religion in US and Iraqi politics.
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