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...
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Sep 13, 20223 min read
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...
Aug 25, 20224 min read
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...
Aug 22, 20227 min read
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...
Aug 13, 20226 min read
O Brasil pode ser líder em liberdade religiosa?
Sendo o maior país da América do Sul em população, extensão territorial e força econômica, o Brasil tem recursos, habilidade e peso...
Aug 2, 20224 min read
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...
Jul 22, 20221 min read
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...
Jul 3, 20227 min read
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...
Jul 1, 20223 min read
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...
Jul 1, 20221 min read
Briefing on London Ministerial
Participated in a media briefing about the upcoming London Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Fellow panelists...
Jun 29, 20221 min read
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...
Jun 26, 20224 min read
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...
Jun 22, 20221 min read
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...
Jun 14, 20223 min read
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...
May 31, 20221 min read
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...
May 23, 20226 min read
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...
May 11, 20225 min read
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...
May 6, 20224 min read
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...
May 2, 20222 min read
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...
May 2, 20221 min read
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,...
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