Mark Tooley is IRD’s president and editor of IRD’s foreign policy and national security journal, Providence. Prior to joining the IRD in 1994, Mark worked eight years for the Central Intelligence Agency. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and is a native of Arlington, Virginia. He is the author of Taking Back The United Methodist Church, published in 2008; Methodism and Politics in the 20th Century, published in 2012; and The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War, published in 2015.
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Christian Realism is the constant expectation of unintended consequences.
Mark TooleyJune 18, 2025
Thoughtful foreign aid doesn’t detract from America. If competently administered, it adds to our national honor, majesty, & glory. It demonstrates that our Gospel-soaked nation is generous, decent, & wise.
Mark TooleyJune 9, 2025
May 8 is the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender to the Allies, but America is hardly commemorating its greatest victory. Why?
Mark TooleyMay 9, 2025
Democracy and America values today in the world seem again at low tide.
Mark TooleyApril 30, 2025
Current U.S. policy of pressure only on Ukraine makes just peace unlikely
Mark TooleyMarch 10, 2025
There should be no equivocation about where America stands.
Mark TooleyMarch 2, 2025
We are going to conclude earlier than planned, but I’ll make this offer to you. I could share a little…
Mark TooleyFebruary 15, 2025
America will be recalled as great to the extent it aligned with God’s purposes.
Mark TooleyJanuary 27, 2025
Carter and Reagan were both providential instruments, their destinies linked to each other and to the nation.
Mark TooleyJanuary 16, 2025