The US should offer Nigerian security forces counterterrorism training, intelligence sharing, and advanced equipment to enhance Abuja’s ability to combat extremism on its own soil

Though the threat from ISIS has abated, Iran-backed Shiite militias continue to terrorize the Christian minority in Iraq. The US must push Baghdad to protect the few Christians left in Iraq.

Despite recent successes in stopping anti-Christian violence in West Africa, there remains significant work to be done on U.S.-Nigeria cooperation on combatting the persecution of Christians

With the growth of Christianity in China, the CCP no longer seeks to suppress religion but instead co-opt it to support Xi Jinping’s authoritarian agenda

As in the Cold War with the Soviet Union and in 2014 with Cuba, Washington and the Vatican can play complementary diplomatic roles vis-à-vis China to relieve the persecution faced by Chinese Catholics.

The inextricable links between Christianity and the rise of liberal democracy are undeniable—therefore, as the United States seeks to promote Western values abroad, it must defend Christians.

The image of Russia as a bastion of conservative Christianity against a decadent West exists purely to legitimize Putin’s repression of any Christian communities beyond his control