Six years have passed without a special envoy. China and Russia will fill the void. By Arsalan Suleman, the former Acting U.S. Special...

Millions will watch when the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs line up Sunday night after attending church earlier that day....

Until recently, few books equipped readers with practical tools for engaging the ever-expanding world of faith. The post-9/11 wars drove...

Enjoyed a thoughtful Reddit discussion with my USIP colleague Peter Mandaville on the religious aspects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....

Three possible trends relating to freedom of religion or belief in 2023: Haters Gonna Hate, Swing States, and Silver Linings. Haters...

Britain is no longer majority Christian. Recent surveys indicated an increase of non-religious individuals in the United Kingdom. It’s a...

Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian religious sites create “deep scars that are slow to heal,” say British MP and former U.S. Special Advisor...

Speakers Peter Mandaville Senior Advisor, Religion and Inclusive Societies, United States Institute of Peace Knox Thames Visiting Expert,...

Uyghur Muslims face mass atrocities, if not genocide, at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). With Chairman Xi Jinping...

The designations beg the question: Do they help? (RNS) — Last week, the State Department deployed its most potent tool in its religious...

Taken from Remarks given at the Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace - November 9, 2022 The world had forgotten how to live together. The seeming...

We don’t demonstrate such exclusionary self-focus in other ministry spheres. Opening our aperture is biblical and aids our advocacy. It...

Russian President Vladimir Putin invoked religion as part of his justification for Russia's attack on Ukraine, believing their shared...

Harvard Journal of Middle East Politics & Policy 16-year-old Marzia Mohammadi’s diary tells of her hopes: to see the Eiffel Tower, enjoy...

Pleased to co-author with Peter Mandaville this United States Institute of Peace report on "Maintaining International Religious Freedom...

Iran will not quickly end its hostility toward women's rights activists and religious minorities. Therefore, statements of condemnation...

Making tolerance-focused education a priority can help students prepare for an increasingly diverse world Instability, conflict and human...

By Ewelina U. Ochab and Knox Thames A few minutes before her term ended as the United Nations human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet...

As negations between Iran and global powers crescendo for a revised nuclear deal, Iran's peaceful and long-suffering Bahá'í community has...

Ending violence on account of religion or belief will take more work, not less. It will require greater resources, not fewer. And it will...