International Issues
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.
Video: Growing Up in a Post-9/11 World:
Young people discuss how 9/11 shaped their views of America and the world.
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.
The “Peace Jirga” Model:
Susan Thistlethwaite examines whether the “peace jirga” in Kabul could replicate other successful efforts in nations.
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.
