Human Rights

Appeasing Azerbaijan Is a Sure Way to a New War

Under pressure from Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Russia, the Armenian government has engaged in appeasement, hoping to avoid war but inviting only further aggression

Three Principles for Defending Human Rights Amid Great Power Competition

Human rights, properly defined and pragmatically pursued, do not need to be a distraction from great power competition with China and Russia but can instead be a core part of the fight against our repressive adversaries

America and the Vatican Must Confront China on Human Rights, Starting with Jimmy Lai

The plight of imprisoned Hong Konger Jimmy Lai is a case study in the failure of the Vatican to stand up for freedom of conscience and other universal rights Christian humanism upholds

Three Biblical Models of Engagement With the Trump Administration on International Religious Freedom

How advocates of international religious freedom should approach with the Trump Admin is a complicated issue. Fortunately, the Bible provides three models of Christian engagement with governing authorities

International Religious Freedom Policy in a Second Trump Term

Trump’s second term poses a unique opportunity to advance religious liberty abroad

Robert Kagan’s “Antiliberalism” Gives Christianity All the Blame and None of the Credit for American Exceptionalism

Robert Kagan’s new book mistakenly argues that everything bad in America comes from religion and everything good from the Enlightenment

Atrocities Make Military Intervention a Right and a Duty

Nations are sovereign, but that sovereignty does not override the essential human dignity of all persons which, when horribly violated, necessitates an international response

Cultural Sanctification in 50 AD and 2024 AD

Christians today are understandably concerned about an increasingly hostile culture, but we should recall the early church’s response to the Roman Empire’s even more hostile culture

Republican Toryism in America

American conservatives would benefit from reading Ron Dart’s recent work, “The North American High Tory Tradition”

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