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.

The idea of a civilization can be used to bind disparate peoples into a shared political project. But in Iran, Turkey, India, and China, civilizational rhetoric increasingly serves to marginalize religious minorities.

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

Africa has become the new epicenter of global terrorism, with African Christians increasingly victimized by groups affiliated with Islamic State and al-Qaeda

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

A new book by Allen D. Hertzke argues that religious freedom is not only valuable in itself but foundational to the protection of other essential rights.

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.

Trump’s 2025 NSS sidelines religious freedom—forcing IRF advocates to rethink engagement, strategy, and their relationship with power.