U.S. Foreign Policy
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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Faith and the Intellectual Firmament of Foreign Affairs
Dennis Hoover Thursday, 4 June 2009
The Templeton Lectures are the product of an early and sustained investment in intellectual leadership that began to rectify the past neglect of religious factors in international relations. [FREE]
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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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From Fear to Freedom: Islam in Central Asia
Anna Littauer Carrington Wednesday, 1 October 2008
The role of traditional Islam and the cooption of Islam by authoritarian governments are overlooked elements in the post-Soviet order in Central Asia.
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Engaging Communist East Asia: Recommendations for Religious Freedom
Jared Daugherty, Hien Vu Monday, 1 September 2008
U.S. policymakers should understand historical and political factors in Communist East Asia and recognize these countries' aspirations as they develop religious freedom goals and methods.
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New Cold War, New NATO, and New States in a Desecularizing Eastern Europe
Christopher Marsh Monday, 1 September 2008
Deteriorating Russian relations should prompt the U.S. to pursue a policy of constructive engagement by understanding the complexity of ethnicity, desecularization, and power politics in the region.
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A Strategy for Hearts and Minds in South and Central Asia
Peter Nasuti, Philip Reiner, Joshua White Monday, 1 September 2008
For effective strategy in South and Central Asia, the U.S. will have to integrate its policies on religious freedom, public diplomacy, and counterinsurgency—and take religious factors into account.
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