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It’s Not the Economy, Stupid: Azerbaijan and Armenia

The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia is primarily about religion and history, and only secondarily economics

Showing Strength in South America to Deter Venezuela

America cannot afford to let Venezuela invade Guyana

Rebecca Munson Christianity & National Security 2023

Rebecca Munson’s lecture at Christianity & National Security 2023. Rebecca Munson discusses international human rights, Christian morals, and the fight…

Blinken’s Chance in the South Caucasus

Secretary of State Blinken has the opportunity to remedy the situation in the South Caucasus

Steering the Ship of State

The Biden administration and the permanent bureaucracy are chained to an idea of foreign affairs that fails to protect American interests in an era of Great Power conflict.

Michael Singh Christianity & National Security 2023

Michael Singh’s lecture at Christianity & National Security 2023. Michael Singh discusses American exceptionalism, Christian realism, and morality. The following…

Hamiltonian Foreign Policy and the Pursuit of Justice

Foreign policy does not have to be driven by altruism to be moral. Instead, they are the natural product of a mature prudence and prioritization of the national interest.

Major U.S. and British Government-sponsored Summits Defend Global Religious Freedom

Two recently held major international conferences brought together thousands of religious freedom advocates and government officials to cooperate in taking concrete action to end religious persecution.  

Who Gets Their Limbs Amputated in Iran? Reflection on the Brutal and Inequitable Penal Code of the Islamic Republic
Who Gets Their Limbs Amputated in Iran? Reflection on the Brutal and Inequitable Penal Code of the Islamic Republic

The poor who steal are brutally subjected to hadd punishment, while aghazadehs get let go for embezzling millions in Iran.

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