James Diddams

James Diddams is the Managing Editor of Providence: A Journal of Christianity & American Foreign Policy. His writing has been featured in Christianity Today, First ThingsProvidenceMere Orthodoxy, Law & Liberty, The American Conservative and the Acton Institute’s Religion and Liberty Online. He graduated from Wheaton College (IL) and his website is jamesdiddams.org.

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Ep. 99 | An America(s) First Foreign Policy?

Has the United States been prioritizing everywhere but the Western Hemisphere? In this episode of the Provcast, Latin America expert Eric Farnsworth makes the case that we should take diplomatic engagement within our own backyard more seriously

The Sublime Terror of the Blue Angels

Besides being beautiful and honing military readiness, demonstrations like the Blue Angels also function as a potent form of psychological warfare

Ep. 96 | The West and Weapons of Mass Destruction 80 Years after Hiroshima

The Providence editors discuss the meaning of “Western Civilization” and the legacy of Hiroshima, 80 years later

Ep. 95 | Why We Need the Apocalypse

James Diddams and Robert Nicholson interview Redeemer University’s Robert Joustra on the role of the apocalypse and the eschaton in fiction as well as international relations

Episode 92 | Is America Betraying Middle East Christians?

The Provcast team interview Rich Ghazal, Executive Director of In Defense of Christians, to discuss the question of Christian persecution as it relates to US foreign policy

Striking Iran Will Not Change the Long-term Strategic Picture—America Should Still Do It

Neither regime change nor allowing Iran to acquire a nuke are realistic options. Instead, America must have the strategic resolve to strike Iran if necessary and the patience to await a grassroots uprising.

Episode 91 | Is Israel’s Fight for Survival also America’s Fight?

Dr. Farhad Rezaei joins the Provcast to discuss the hard questions around the Israel-Iran conflict, including escalation, American involvement, and regime change

Episode 89 | The Sources of Iran’s Revolutionary Ideology

Providence Editor James Diddams and Hamilton Center Fellow Jozef Kosc at the University of Florida discuss the diverse and often non-Islamic sources of Iran’s revolutionary ideology

Episode 88 | How Hindu Political Theology Halted, then Restarted Indian Nuclear Proliferation

Providence Editor James Diddams is joined by Bill Drexel to discuss his article “How Competing Hindu Theologies Drove India’s Nuclear Decision Making—In Opposite Directions.”

Episode 87 | Of American Popes and American Power in a Multipolar Age

Editors James Diddams, Marc LiVecche, Mark Tooley and Robert Nicholson discuss Pope Francis’ legacy, Trump’s recent trip to the Middle East, and the idea of “spheres of influence” in US grand strategy