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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America could have prevented World War II and, with benevolent wisdom and fraternal strength, can forestall another.
Mark TooleySeptember 2, 2025
Monsters must be dealt with. But there should never be confusion about what they are.
Mark TooleyAugust 27, 2025
The Providence editors discuss the meaning of “Western Civilization” and the legacy of Hiroshima, 80 years later
Marc LiVecche & James Diddams & Mark Tooley & Robert NicholsonJuly 29, 2025
In Cold War literature, Forsyth was a sort of Homer of popular but sophisticated thrillers that demonstrated what made and sustained the West.
Mark TooleyJuly 28, 2025
May we all strive to be a “sincere Lover of Liberty.”
Mark TooleyJuly 11, 2025
“The Founders way of thinking about liberty is much more alert to dangers to liberty in civil society.”
Mark TooleyJuly 3, 2025
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
Marc LiVecche & Mark Tooley & James Diddams & Robert Nicholson & Richard GhazalJune 25, 2025
Dr. Farhad Rezaei joins the Provcast to discuss the hard questions around the Israel-Iran conflict, including escalation, American involvement, and regime change
Farhad Rezaei & Marc LiVecche & Mark Tooley & James DiddamsJune 19, 2025
Christian Realism is the constant expectation of unintended consequences.
Mark TooleyJune 18, 2025
Editors Marc LiVecche, Mark Tooley and Robert Nicholson discuss Trump’s May Middle East trip and Ukraine’s recent drone attacks on Russia’s strategic bombers
Marc LiVecche & Robert Nicholson & Mark TooleyJune 12, 2025