Mark Tooley

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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Marksism | Ep. 12: On Foreign Policy Schools, China, and Christian Realism

In this episode of the weekly series Marksisism, editors Mark Tooley, Mark Melton, and Marc LiVecche discuss the week’s latest…

Joel Rosenberg on Israel-UAE Coup

Here’s my chat with author and Mideast savant Joel Rosenberg about the diplomatic breakthrough between Israel and the United Arab…

Marksism | Ep. 11: On Israel-UAE Relations, Lebanon, & Christian Realism

In this episode of Providence’s weekly series Marksism, Mark Tooley, Mark Melton, and Marc LiVecche discuss the journal’s latest content,…

Rob Nicholson on Christian Mideast Engagement

Mark Tooley interviews Providence co-founder Robert Nicholson, chief of the Philos Project, which helps American Christians address Mideast issues thoughtfully,…

Eric Patterson Explains Christian Realism

Mark Tooley interviews Eric Patterson about Christian Realism. He’s executive vice president of the Religious Freedom Institute and scholar-at-large with…

Marksism | Ep. 10: On Hiroshima, Bonhoeffer, and Cultural Marxism

Mark Tooley, Marc LiVecche, and Mark Melton discuss recent Providence content, including LiVecche’s defense of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima…

Cultural Marxism
A Conversation on Cultural Marxism

In this video, Mark Tooley speaks with Samuel Goldman, political scientist at George Washington University, about Cultural Marxism, its meaning…

David Koyzis’ Political Visions & Illusions

Here’s my talk with Canadian political theologian David Koyzis about his 2019 book Political Visions & Illusions: A Survey &…

Response to Quincy Institute

Mark Tooley speaks with contributing editors Rebeccah Heinrichs of the Hudson Institute and Joseph Capizzi of Catholic University about the…

Christian Reflection on Hiroshima/Nagasaki 75th Anniversary

Next month is the 75th anniversary of the US atomic strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In recognition of the event,…