Alongside their military and economic ties, Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea share an ideological hostility toward religious liberty for Christians who refuse to subordinate their faith to the state.

Despite much enthusiasm around Syria’s new president Ahmed al-Sharaa, the persecution of Christian, Druze, and other minorities continues

The U.S. and Iran approach deterrence, negotiation, leverage, and regional security from fundamentally different perspectives, and until America can learn this lesson, future attempts at negotiation may result in similar failure

The U.S. has achieved major victories against Iran but must maintain pressure to halt Iran’s nuclear weapons program and attacks on civilian shipping in the Strait of Hormuz

In an ever-more globalized economy, a few chokepoints in international trade have become the keys to influencing global politics

What is war? When can going to war be an act of love? And when does refusal to go to war constitute a sin, if ever?

For the sake of a more peaceful Middle East, the Lebanese Armed Forces must reclaim Lebanon from Hezbollah

Despite Pope Leo’s words in Magnifica Humanitas, just war theory will remain necessary so long as human beings are sinful, tyrants exist, and evil regimes oppress their own people while threatening the international order

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.