Nation-Building

Can Advocacy Organizations and International Courts Advance Human Rights?

Human Rights Watch’s legalist, retributive approach to human rights, which focuses on naming, shaming, and prosecuting, is inadequate without political reconciliation or state-building

Why Human Rights Are in America’s National Self-Interest

Despite calls for America to stop promoting democracy abroad, the truth is that autocratic regimes are intrinsically unstable and can be relied upon neither by the US nor by their own citizens

Why Nations and National Self-Interest Are the Building Blocks of International Order

Mark Amstutz’s new book argues that American Christians should recognize both the indispensability of the US for international stability and that it is in America’s interest to be a leader internationally

After the Fall: A Christian’s Confession of His Role in Afghanistan

A strategically and morally incoherent approach to Afghanistan doomed America’s efforts there from the start

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