Fading Christianity in Syria and Iraq
June 17, 2015 http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/fading-christianity-in-syria-and-iraq The quagmires of Syria and Iraq have...
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Promoting religious tolerance, inter-faith understanding, and religious freedom
Invited to speak as a panelist at the 5th Session of Istanbul Process at the headquarters of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation....
Remembering Shahbaz
Speech to the International Religious Freedom Association March 2, 2015 Four years ago today my friend Shahbaz Bhatti was assassinated by...
Gunmen kill Pakistani "blasphemer" who thought he was a prophet
See my research quoted below in this Washington Post article. By Tim Craig January 8 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/...
Letter: Plight of Religious Minorities in Pakistan
I was the initiator and lead author of this unprecedented letter from leading South Asia experts in Washington, DC, to Secretary Kerry...
Religious Paradoxes in Pakistan
https://institute.global/policy/religious-paradoxes-pakistan December 15, 2014 Recent news out of Pakistan has been grim after successive...
Opportunities to Combat Violent Religious Extremism
December 11, 2014 http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/opportunities-to-combat-violent-religious-extremism The shocking gains by the...
Pakistan's Dangerous Game with Religious Extremism
December 3, 2014 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AZp44bn65WpDZNm4iWT9/full Snooker is a popular game in Pakistan. Played on a...
By the Numbers: Pakistan’s Perilous Religious Laws
October 30, 2014 https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/10/30/by-the-numbers-pakistans-perilous-religious-laws/ Pakistani Christian Aasia...
Diversity in Jeopardy: Pakistan’s Religious Violence
October 16, 2014 https://www.georgetownjournalofinternationalaffairs.org/online-edition/diversity-in-jeopardy-pakistans-religious-violence...
A New U.S. Human Rights Policy Towards Turkmenistan
September 24, 2014 http://thediplomat.com/2014/09/a-new-u-s-human-rights-policy-towards-turkmenistan/ Following a potentially significant...
Forging a Trans-Atlantic Partnership on Religious Freedom
August 19, 2014 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15570274.2014.943613 Shared values on promoting freedom of religion or belief...
Another Way Forward for Myanmar
Its recent opening notwithstanding, Myanmar still has a long way to go when it comes to religious freedoms. May 14, 2014...
Shrinking Religious Freedom in South Asia
April 30, 2014 https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/04/30/shrinking-religious-freedom-in-south-asia/ By Knox Thames and Sahar Chaudhry The U.S....
Pakistan Leads the World in Blasphemy Prisoners
March 27, 2014 https://www.georgetownjournalofinternationalaffairs.org/online-edition/tag/blasphemy+laws By Knox Thames and Elizabeth...
Religious Freedom as a Counter-Extremism Tool
ENGAGING THE RELIGIOUS TERRAIN TO PROMOTE TOLERANCE AND FREEDOM January 27, 2014 Address by KNOX THAMES, Director of Policy and Research,...
A Global Response to Religious Freedom Violations
January 23, 2014 https://www.georgetownjournalofinternationalaffairs.org/online-edition/a-global-response-to-religious-freedom-violations...
Religion and Foreign Affairs 2014 Outlook
Following are some personal prognostications about what may come to be in 2014 relating to religion and foreign affairs. I’ve never made...
Qatar Racing Ahead
http://www.ia-forum.org/Content/ViewInternalDocument.cfm?ContentID=8019 The tiny Persian Gulf nation of Qatar is becoming a global player...
Fighting words in Afghanistan
October 31, 2013 https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/10/31/fighting-words-in-afghanistan/ At long last, it appears that the Bilateral...