Staying the Course in America’s Longest War
Talks between the Trump administration and the Taliban have broken down. We should be happy they did not reach a deal, in part because an Iraq-style drawdown would leave a vacuum, and terrorists abhor a vacuum.
Daniel StrandOctober 4, 2019
Why a Robust Refugee Resettlement Program Matters for Religious Freedom
The Trump administration is considering reducing the already small number of refugees who are allowed into the refugee resettlement program….
Chelsea Patterson SobolikSeptember 20, 2019
Who Gets to Come through the Golden Door: Refugees, Asylum Seekers, the Church, and the Soul of America
During the largest refugee crisis in history with over 70 million displaced people around the world, the Trump administration is…
Alan CrossSeptember 18, 2019
What Should Palestinians Think of Trump’s “Deal of the Century”?
For more than two decades, most Israelis and Palestinians have accepted the “two-state solution” for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This solution…
Khalil SayeghSeptember 16, 2019
US Sanctions, and Iran Sanctions in Particular, Are Just
The US is employing just war considerations of proportionality and discrimination in the course of its employment of sanctions. That doesn’t mean there won’t be disheartening impacts on innocents. But we should be clear about who should receive the blame and insist, vigorously, that point is not lost.
Rebeccah HeinrichsSeptember 13, 2019
Saving Nickels and Dimes on the Backs of the World’s Most Suffering People is Poor Policy
On August 3, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent the US Agency for International Development (USAID) a letter…
Peter BurnsAugust 21, 2019
Immigration and Refugees in New Eyes: Prioritizing People over Policy
In 2016, before Donald Trump’s inauguration, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres relayed a powerful message. He stated: In the end,…
Jordan AldrichAugust 16, 2019
The Rhetoric of Freedom
“The Hong Kong thing is a very tough situation. Very tough,” Donald Trump said on Tuesday. “We’ll see what happens….
Paul D. MillerAugust 16, 2019
Unalienable Rights and Religious Freedom
On July 8, 2019, the US State Department announced that it is forming a commission on unalienable human rights, presumably…
Thomas K. JohnsonAugust 8, 2019
