This past week, the US Department of State announced the creation of a new office that “will focus on engagement with…
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
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Egyptian elections
The protests in the Middle East and North Africa, and the ensuing political changes, were intended to transcend the old…
Believing in religious freedom
Like a good movie, the story of international religious freedom offers something for everyone. It pits cowardly oppressors against heroic…
Reflections on summer reading
As the summer months draw to a close, we've turned again to a handful of our contributors, asking: What are…
The global securitization of religion
My first thought upon reading the Chicago Council’s report “Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy”…
The politics of secularism in international relations
A survey of leading contemporary international relations (IR) journals published between 1980 and 1996 revealed that 6 out of 1,600…
The other shore
For Lilla, Westerners are the exception because we live on what he calls “the other shore.” Civilizations on the “opposite…