Diplomacy
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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The U.S. University Model for Interfaith Diplomacy
Jonathan Amgott Monday, 15 November 2010
Policymakers would benefit from considering programs at leading American universities that model approaches to religious pluralism and, in turn, engaging these universities as partners in advancing the Obama Administration's goals.
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Cries for Justice: A Dialogue on Social Justice in the Middle East
E.J. Dionne, Jr., Michael Ostrolenk, Gregory Khalil, Suhail Khan Thursday, 16 September 2010
There are forms of empathy toward Israel and toward the Palestinians. Our challenge as Christians is to find ways of bringing these two forms together. Peacemakers need to begin with the idea that the solution is available and that the task is to find practical remedies.
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The (not so) Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
Robert Joustra Thursday, 16 September 2010
A review of Edward Luttwak, The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009).
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Succeeding in the Next Generation of Religious Freedom Diplomacy
Eric Patterson Wednesday, 18 August 2010
A decade after the U.S. formally committed to championing religious freedom abroad, we see little change in the overall global landscape. International religious freedom advocates need a retooling of international religious freedom promotion in the areas of academia, business, and multilateral partnerships.
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Converting the Foreign Policy Elite
Chris Seiple Tuesday, 6 July 2010
A review of Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy, by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' Task Force on Religion and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy (Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 2010).
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Toward Robust Religious Liberty
Joshua White Tuesday, 6 July 2010
A review of World of Faith and Freedom: Why International Religious Liberty Is Vital to American National Security, by Thomas F. Farr (Oxford, 2008).
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President Obama and Religious Freedom Promotion since the Cairo Speech
Dennis Hoover Monday, 8 March 2010
President Obama's speech in Cairo in June, 2009 represented a promising example of the Obama administration engaging Muslim peoples on religious freedom issues. The challenge, however, is to match words with actions.
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For God and Country
Dennis Hoover Wednesday, 16 December 2009
The role of chaplains in religiously complex theatres of operation is beginning to receive the sustained attention it deserves. More resources are needed to deepen the discussion and make it more accessible to military personnel, civilian policy makers, and the interested public. [FREE]
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Pope John Paul II and the Dynamics of History
George Weigel Thursday, 4 June 2009
John Paul II has been the most politically consequential pope in centuries, and his "culture-first" reading of history is a sharp challenge to the regnant notions that politics runs history, or economics runs history. (2000)
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