Eastern Europe & Russia
EU Accession and Serbia’s Discriminatory Religion Policy
Ellen Harvey Monday, 24 January 2011
Serbia's refusal to alter a discriminatory law on religion after repeated and direct recommendations reveals a need not just for changes in the law as it is written on paper, but a transformation of the nationalistic worldview framing the country's highly discriminatory religious law.
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Recapturing Russian Heritage: Religious Education in Public Schools
Brett Lonadier Monday, 18 October 2010
Russia recently implemented a pilot program that introduces students to religious beliefs and ethics as part of the public education curriculum. The initiative could be a defining moment in the formation of the Federation's identity and policy on religious liberty.
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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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Religion and Russia’s Future
James Billington Thursday, 4 June 2009
The United States faces significant foreign policy challenges, and several of them involve Russia. Americans need better and deeper interfaith understanding to comprehend Russia's ongoing spiritual struggle. (1997)
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