U.S. Foreign Policy
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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Faith or Fanaticism?: A Dialogue on the Problem and Promise of Faith in the Middle East
Michael Gerson, Michael Ostrolenk, Gregory Khalil, Suhail Khan Thursday, 16 September 2010
Religion can reinforce tribal loyalties that lead to hatred and violence, but it also happens to be one of the oldest, deepest, most universal needs of the human soul. The best kind of religious witness is being willing to break a cycle of retribution and to try to establish something different. [FREE]
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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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How to Do Justice to Diverse Identities in the Middle East
James Skillen Thursday, 16 September 2010
The Israel-Palestine conflict is characterized by asymmetries in power and resources. The best option for justice is the emergence of two neighboring states that cooperate in dealing equitably with their diverse citizens.
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How Faith is Realpolitik in the Holy Land
Gregory Khalil Thursday, 16 September 2010
By actively keeping religion on the sidelines, secular leaders have unwittingly ceded authority over religious discourse in the public square to hard-line ideologues. They have also violated a core principle of realpolitik: We must see the world as it is, not as one might like it to be.
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How Religious Leadership Can Help Bring Peace and Justice to the Middle East
Suhail Khan Thursday, 16 September 2010
Religious leaders are absolutely necessary to help articulate sacred symbols and spiritually resonant actions in the peace process that would address the foundational narratives at the core of each people's identity. Some religious leaders and their constituencies may in fact be more amenable to a viable solution than are the region's political leaders.
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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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