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Zeenat Rahman The Role of Faith Groups in Foreign Aid and Development: Sally Steenland interviews Zeenat Rahman, acting director of USAID's Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Initiatives, about the importance of faith groups to foreign aid and development.

girl's face Video: Growing Up in a Post-9/11 World: Young people discuss how 9/11 shaped their views of America and the world.

pakistanis at rally Rethinking Our Policy on Religious Freedom : Recent upheaval in the Middle East makes it ever more urgent to integrate a better grasp of religious freedom into our approach to the region, writes Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite.

Afghan woman The “Peace Jirga” Model: Susan Thistlethwaite examines whether the “peace jirga” in Kabul could replicate other successful efforts in nations.

afeefa syeed at health clinic in cairo USAID’s New Approach: CAP Senior Fellow Susan Thistlethwaite interviews USAID’s Afeefa Syeed on her agency’s effort to make development more effective and culturally sensitive.

Let’s Take Religious Nuclear Opposition to the Next Level: Interfaith communities are carrying on the tradition of faith-based opposition to nuclear weapons, says Susan Thistlethwaite. Now they need to take the next step.

Can Progressives and Religious Conservatives Join Forces on Nuclear Disarmament?: Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite interviews Christian evangelical Tyler Wigg-Stevenson about his project to eliminate nuclear weapons.

Religion and Values: President Obama broke with traditional Just War thinking in his Nobel prize acceptance speech, and so far almost no one seems to have noticed.

How to Make the Afghanistan War a “Just War”: Susan Thistlethwaite and Brian Katulis argue that moral considerations should shape the Obama administration’s decision on the Afghanistan war.

Faith Experts Discuss Afghanistan: Brian Katulis briefs faith communities on the recent election in Afghanistan and how the United States and faith groups can provide sustainable help to the country.

Good Religion Gone Bad: The revelation that Donald Rumsfeld appended Bible verses to secret Iraq war memos is problematic on many levels, write Sally Steenland and Susan Thistlethwaite.

Pursuing the Global Common Good: When is war justified? Is the use of torture ever acceptable? These are some of the issues in a new book by policy experts and faith leaders, published by the Center for American Progress.

Torture Is a Moral Issue: People of faith in the United States have been working for years to eliminate harsh interrogation techniques and believe it violates theological principles.

The Moral and Practical Gains of Intervention: Sally Steenland on why, despite, notional sovereignty, the United States should offer humanitarian assistance to Myanmar.

Europe Confronts Islam: Reluctance to embrace the Muslim community in Western Europe threatens to alienate people who are key to curbing future terrorist attacks.

Christians Threatened in Iraq: A real threat to Christianity drags on in Iraq due to the country's raging internal conflicts and massive refugee crisis.

Clash of Civilizations?: House subcommittee hearing explored the role of religion and culture in U.S. relations with the Middle East.

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Daniella Gibbs Leger
Vice President for New American Communities Initiatives

Sheila Greeve Davaney
Visiting Senior Fellow

Sally Steenland
Director

Eleni Towns
Research Assistant

Catherine Woodiwiss
Special Assistant