Siobhan Heekin-Canedy is a freelance writer on topics including international affairs, religion, sports, and feminism and a Contributing Editor with Providence. She holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from Thomas Aquinas College. From 2008-2014, Siobhan represented Ukraine as an elite-level ice dancer, ultimately competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She and her husband Michael are the proud parents of two daughters, Maris Stella and Olympia. You can follow Siobhan’s work on X (Twitter) @SiobhanHC_OLY and on Substack at olympianessays.substack.com.
Edith Stein and Olga Bida, two Catholic martyrs who perished under Nazi and Soviet rule, remind us today how to live according to the truth that Christ’s Kingdom is not of this world
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyNovember 8, 2024
JD Vance’s approach to Ukraine seems closer to the isolationist realism of the MAGA establishment than the moral realism characteristic of the Catholic international relations tradition
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyOctober 2, 2024
There was nothing benign about the parody of DaVinci’s “The Last Supper” in the Olympics opening ceremony
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyJuly 31, 2024
“In the Courts of Three Popes” by Mary Ann Glendon is an essential work for the recovery and renewal of a coherently Catholic IR theory
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyJune 7, 2024
Erika Bachiochi’s book “The Rights of Women” is an excellent resource for sex-realist feminism in IR
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyNovember 9, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy is largely right about America, but fundamentally wrong about Ukraine.
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyAugust 31, 2023