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The author responds to a selection of the major challenges and questions raised by his colleagues in this volume: How should the limitations presented by the international arena affect one's priorities in designing foreign policy? What role can be played by nonstate actors in building basic security? What is the role of ideology in explaining violent behavior, and what is the role of Islam in explaining terrorism? Under what circumstances would humanitarian intervention be warranted on a Security First foreign policy? Do the costs of deproliferation outweigh the benefits? Is it fair to ask other countries to deproliferate if we do not do the same? What can be learned from the applications of Security First to cases in Southeast Asia? Keywords: democratization; humanitarian intervention; international relations; Security First

Go back in your mind's eye to the fall of 1940, the fateful period that Winston Churchill called Britain's 'finest hour.' Having subdued the Low Countries and France, Adolf Hitler [...]

In the last fifty years or so, a remarkable transformation has taken place in the attitude of the U.S. Catholic church, both towards Central America and U.S. foreign policy there. [...]

In a speech delivered to the Fourth Plenary Session of the Round Table Conference in London on 19 November 1930, as a member of the Indian delegation, Maulana Mohamed Ali [...]

The global vision intrinsic to Christianity--one world, one kingdom of God under Jesus Christ--has been the motive and purpose behind much missionary fervor. Driven by this idealistic vision, the mission [...]

This article examines immigration to Argentina among Syrians and Muslims. The author focuses on the role of Arab offspring in the Argentinian army and the Foreign Service.

This article examines Christian charismatic movements in Latin American and Africa, focusing on cross-cultural religious sociology. Topics addressed include the rise of Pentecostalism in Latin America, the relationship between indigenous and Christian beliefs on healing, and the politics of cross-border religions.

This article examines the subversive role of transnational religious actors in undermining state sovereignty, by looking at the Roman Catholic Church and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. The author asserts that these actors are facilitated by globalization and that their main goal is to advance their own religious community.

This article examines the relationship between the Foreign Office and Cyril Forster Garbett, archbishop of York, during World War II and the Cold War. The author discusses the relations between church and state in which Garbett was able to use religion as an influential propaganda tool during the war against Nazism and Communism and formed a significant alliance with the United States.

US' foreign policy is heavily influenced by Protestantism. President Woodrow Wilson's Protestant-influenced ideologies started the country's reliance on Protestantism for its foreign policies. Moreover, the promotion of universal human rights strengthened the religion's role., Analysts have debated for decades about the relative influence of the various factors that shape American foreign policy. National interests, domestic politics, economic interests, and liberal ideology have each been [...]

The concept of civil society in which government corruption is controlled because the citizens are active participants can be applied to laity movements because they control the insular leanings of the Church. Similarly, both civil society and lay movements may be the solution to global crises because they work toward the common good since their members are from the public rather than the government or church elite. Therefore, churches should actively pursue a participating laity to help civil organizations on global problems.

After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks last year, Christian Coalition President Roberta Combs was in a quandary about her organization's direction. 'There was something missing,' Combs said. 'I was praying [...]

It was ten years ago that the Journal of International Affairs examined religion's role in the post-Cold War period. At the time, new theories--such as the 'end of history' and [...]

THE MOST INTENSE debates in theological education these days are about homosexuality. However, another issue, the issue of globalization, may prove to be of greater consequence in the long run. [...]

Pope John Paul II's considerable effect on our times is conceded by admirers and critics alike. The imprint of the shoes of this fisherman can be found throughout the new [...]

U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) wants to abolish the federal office that coordinates foreign aid and channel all the money through religious organizations and charities. Helms made the proposal during [...]

MANY OF today's foreign policy challenges--from Russian weakness and Iraqi aggression to Balkan instability and the rise of China--were anticipated during the waning days of the Cold War. One issue, [...]

We mourn the sudden, unexpected deaths of all those who died tragically in the senseless violence in New York City, Washington, and in Pennsylvania. Just as the bombing of Pearl [...]

From the moment the evidence suggested that Islamic terrorists were behind the atrocities of September 11, George W. Bush has emphasized that America's fight is not with Islam but with [...]

If a Qur'an is accidentally dropped on the floor, the person who dropped it makes a contribution to charity in atonement. Copies are never placed at the bottom of a [...]

THE U.S. WAR against terrorism since September 11 has obscured a longstanding yet growing set of dysfunctional relationships between this nation and most other nations. The U.S. has become disconnected [...]