The death of Mahsa Amini in Iran demands consequential diplomacy by US
Iran will not quickly end its hostility toward women's rights activists and religious minorities. Therefore, statements of condemnation...
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How Teaching Tolerance Can Promote Peace
Making tolerance-focused education a priority can help students prepare for an increasingly diverse world Instability, conflict and human...
China’s atrocities against Uyghurs demand a response
By Ewelina U. Ochab and Knox Thames A few minutes before her term ended as the United Nations human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet...
Targets of Opportunity: Iran's Bahá'í Community Faces New Repression
As negations between Iran and global powers crescendo for a revised nuclear deal, Iran's peaceful and long-suffering Bahá'í community has...
Where Do We Go From Here?
Ending violence on account of religion or belief will take more work, not less. It will require greater resources, not fewer. And it will...
Yezidi Genocide: Remembrance is essential but not enough
In August 2014 in northern Iraq, ISIS perpetrated the unthinkable—they slaughter men and boys while enslaving and raping women and...
London Ministerial Innovation Hub: FoRB in the future
During the London Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, I moderated an interesting session on how new innovations in...
The London Blueprint for Progress
As a pandemic of persecution sweeps the world, an unprecedented coalition of governments and civil society organizations are organizing a...
On July 1, Canada's Refugee Resettlement System Saving Persecuted Communities
In a ballroom in suburban Toronto, Pakistani refugees who fled religious persecution celebrated their freedom. Canada's example of...
Briefing on London Ministerial
Participated in a media briefing about the upcoming London Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Fellow panelists...
The Illusion of Equal Citizenship in Pakistan
Check out my comments on Pakistan at the IRF Summit in June. I focus on growing extremism, the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims and...
A Ripe Moment for Building Peace by Promoting International Religious Freedom
Advocates should form diverse coalitions and lean into religious freedom’s connection to stability and security. BY: Peter Mandaville and...
Religious Freedom Promotion and Cultural Heritage Protection
Check out my interview with Jeremy Barker, head of RFI's Middle East unit. We discuss the unrealized synergies between the promotion of...
Global summit on religious persecution presents opportunity to fight abuse
The power of these summits is in bringing together all stakeholders around advancing religious freedom. Nigerian Christians murdered...
Freedom of Religion or Belief and Cultural Heritage Protection: Synergistic not Competitive
Knox Thames & Emily Scolaro https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15570274.2022.2065811 Abstract Unrealized synergies exist...
SIS Alumnus Knox Thames Dedicates Career to Promoting Religious Freedom
Interviewed by American University's School of International Service about my career since graduating SIS SIS Alumnus Knox Thames...
Calling Genocide by its Name: Atrocity Prevention in Foreign Policy
President Joe Biden’s willingness to label atrocities committed in Ukraine and elsewhere as genocides is becoming a significant part of...
Remember Afghanistan’s Hazaras
Can anything be done to help the Hazaras in Afghanistan? Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, respect for human rights and...
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby runs on the first Saturday in May in Louisville at the historic Churchill Downs racetrack. As a native Kentuckian, it...
Reddit Talk: Two Months Into Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
I participated in a thoughtful discussion with John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Madison Policy Forum, and Jack Detsch,...