6 days ago3 minIt's Time to Recognize the Armenian GenocideHistory matters. It is time the United States calls the systematic murder of Armenians from 1915-23 a genocide. Doing so confirms the...
Apr 54 minHow Military Chaplains Are Key Agents for Peace for the U.S. Armed ForcesChaplains can help commanders understand the religious landscape, but more training and resources are needed to bolster their role. By...
Mar 153 minBuilding a transatlantic alliance on human rightsThe United States and Europe share common values around human rights. It makes our alliance strong, our democracies vibrant and our bonds...
Mar 146 minKilling Moderate Pakistan, One Advocate for Tolerance at a TimeTwo gruesome anniversaries show that the country’s democratic founding ideals are dead—with potentially devastating consequences....
Mar 81 minSiriusXM Interview on the Pope's Visit to IraqAfter the Pope's visit to Iraq, I was interviewed on the SiriusXM POTUS Channel about its significance and the future prospects for...
Feb 263 minThe Pope’s Iraq visit will make headlines. Can it make life better for religious minorities?A sense of foreboding plagues efforts to return Christians and Yazidis to their homelands. When Pope Francis lands in Iraq on March 5 for...
Feb 184 minMissing Piece of the Puzzle: Preserving Religious Diversity by Protecting the PastU.N. resolution provides an opportunity to empower religious communities to protect their heritage, heal scars of war. The United Nations...
Feb 41 minUSCIRF Spotlight: Religious Freedom Priorities for the Biden AdministrationAs the Biden administration begins to formulate its broader human rights policy, USCIRF highlights several priority countries when it...
Feb 35 minAlumni Perspectives: Knox ThamesWe interviewed Mr. Knox Thames, American University School of International Service MA '01 & AUWCL JD '01, and current Visiting Expert at...
Jan 1910 minConsequential Human Rights DiplomacyVisiting the U.S. Holocaust Museum with a Rohingya Muslim activist brings the reality of 21st century persecution into stark relief. I...
Jan 67 minWhy the Persecution of Muslims Should Be on Biden’s AgendaThe incoming U.S. president must hold China and other countries accountable for religious persecution—and counter Beijing’s global...
Dec 24, 20203 minHow much longer will the Middle East celebrate Christmas?The birthplace of Christianity may soon be uninhabitable for its believers without reforms to help them survive....
Dec 18, 20201 minIGE Webinar: Models of Christian Peacemaking at Home and Abroad I moderated a webinar for the Institute for Global Engagement featuring models of Christian peacemaking at home and abroad. The panel...
Dec 16, 20204 minHeroic love of neighbor demands morehttps://www.christianpost.com/voices/heroic-love-of-neighbor-demands-more.html This opinion article first appeared in Baptist News. While...
Dec 11, 20203 minLoving your global neighborThis week, the United Nations marks Human Rights Day. But it won’t be much of a celebration, as a pandemic of persecution impacts...
Nov 23, 20204 minHuman Rights Education as the Solution to Religious PersecutionThere is a need to harness education's power to prepare students for a multi-ethnic, multi-religious future. https://www.usip.org/publica...
Nov 22, 20201 minInterview on SiriusXM POUTS ChannelInterview on SiriusXM POUTS Channel: On the eve of Thanksgiving, this wide ranging 10-minute interview covers how U.S. defense of...
Nov 20, 20201 minNPR Interview - Biden Gives New Hope To Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecutionhttps://www.npr.org/2020/11/20/937105545/biden-gives-new-hope-to-refugees-fleeing-religious-persecution?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_sourc...
Nov 3, 20203 minPakistani Hypocrisy on Combating Discrimination in Europehttps://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/11/03/pakistani-hypocrisy-on-combating-discrimination-in-europe/ As people are being hacked to death in...
Oct 22, 20205 minRemarks to Institute of Gulf AffairsTeaching Tolerance and Promoting Pluralism: Challenges and Opportunities Presentation by Knox Thames October 22, 2020...
