On World Refugee Day, Remember the People at the Center of the Global Displacement Crisis
World Refugee Day is an appropriate time to reflect on how policymakers should address these challenges while ensuring refugees have religious freedom.
Jeremy BarkerJune 29, 2020
Missed Opportunities for Religious Freedom in the Time of Corona
After the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in China in December 2019, the world has been turned on its head,…
Zsuzsa Anna FerenczyJune 18, 2020
Turkey the Only NATO Member Singled out in Annual Religious Freedom Report
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2020 Annual Report and recommended the US government include Turkey on the State Department’s “Special Watch List” for “engaging in or tolerating severe violations of religious freedom.”
Tugba Tanyeri-Erdemir & Aykan ErdemirMay 12, 2020
Middle Eastern Christians Step Up to Lead Coronavirus Response, Part of Long Tradition
During the coronavirus pandemic, Middle Eastern Christians like MP Neemat Frem and Dr. Issam Raad are living up to the best of their community’s tradition as healers of the sick.
Peter BurnsApril 14, 2020
The Bold and the Free: Waging Media War in Arabic
Given the alarming trends in the Middle East, America should fashion agile media platforms that influence audiences in the region and—even more importantly—say something compelling.
Alberto M. FernandezFebruary 27, 2020
Where Have All the Internationalists Gone?
There is a deep split over foreign policy within the psyche of the Democratic Party.
Daniel StrandJanuary 7, 2020
To Defeat the Islamic Fascism of Iran and Turkey, We Must Delegitimize the Ideology
The rhetoric about the so-called “War on Terror” has led us down the wrong path for 20 years. Terrorism is…
Nadine Maenza & Brandon H. WheelerJanuary 3, 2020
Obama and Trump’s Mistakes in Syria: Green Lights and Red Lines
As we continue to sift through the shrapnel of President Donald Trump’s decision to pull US troops out of Syria and green-light Turkey’s long-planned operations against Syria’s Kurds and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria, we need to keep in mind that what transpired in October represents only the short-term consequences.
Alan DowdNovember 6, 2019
Trump and Baghdadi: Moral Rhetoric in an Immoral Age
Why wasn’t the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “happier,” even as many Americans are grateful his evil has been restrained?
Rebeccah HeinrichsNovember 5, 2019
