It's Time to Recognize the Armenian Genocide
https://www.newsweek.com/its-time-recognize-armenian-genocide-opinion-1581481 History matters. It is time the United States calls the...
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How Military Chaplains Are Key Agents for Peace for the U.S. Armed Forces
Chaplains can help commanders understand the religious landscape, but more training and resources are needed to bolster their role. By...
Building a transatlantic alliance on human rights
The United States and Europe share common values around human rights. It makes our alliance strong, our democracies vibrant and our bonds...
Killing Moderate Pakistan, One Advocate for Tolerance at a Time
Two gruesome anniversaries show that the country’s democratic founding ideals are dead—with potentially devastating consequences....
SiriusXM Interview on the Pope's Visit to Iraq
After the Pope's visit to Iraq, I was interviewed on the SiriusXM POTUS Channel about its significance and the future prospects for...
‘I’m Following the Cross’: Why Shahbaz Bhatti Died Defending Asia Bibi
Ten years after Pakistan’s highest Christian official was martyred, religious freedom advocates apply his life’s lessons. “Shahbaz is...
The 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...
Missing Piece of the Puzzle: Preserving Religious Diversity by Protecting the Past
U.N. resolution provides an opportunity to empower religious communities to protect their heritage, heal scars of war. The United Nations...
USCIRF Spotlight: Religious Freedom Priorities for the Biden Administration
As the Biden administration begins to formulate its broader human rights policy, USCIRF highlights several priority countries when it...
Alumni Perspectives: Knox Thames
We interviewed Mr. Knox Thames, American University School of International Service MA '01 & AUWCL JD '01, and current Visiting Expert at...
Consequential Human Rights Diplomacy
Visiting the U.S. Holocaust Museum with a Rohingya Muslim activist brings the reality of 21st century persecution into stark relief. I...
Why the Persecution of Muslims Should Be on Biden’s Agenda
The incoming U.S. president must hold China and other countries accountable for religious persecution—and counter Beijing’s global...
How 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....
IGE 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...
Heroic love of neighbor demands more
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/heroic-love-of-neighbor-demands-more.html This opinion article first appeared in Baptist News. While...
Loving your global neighbor
This week, the United Nations marks Human Rights Day. But it won’t be much of a celebration, as a pandemic of persecution impacts...
Human Rights Education as the Solution to Religious Persecution
There is a need to harness education's power to prepare students for a multi-ethnic, multi-religious future. https://www.usip.org/publica...
Interview on SiriusXM POUTS Channel
Interview on SiriusXM POUTS Channel: On the eve of Thanksgiving, this wide ranging 10-minute interview covers how U.S. defense of...
NPR Interview - Biden Gives New Hope To Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/20/937105545/biden-gives-new-hope-to-refugees-fleeing-religious-persecution?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_sourc...
Pakistani Hypocrisy on Combating Discrimination in Europe
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/11/03/pakistani-hypocrisy-on-combating-discrimination-in-europe/ As people are being hacked to death in...