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Cardinals attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 26, 2025, in Vatican City. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Commentary

The Next Pope Needs a Better China Policy

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

May 2, 2025

Commentary

6 Min Read

Bride and groom Sharon and McVivien kneel as elders pray over them following their nuptials mass during their wedding ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya, on February 13, 2016. (Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Largest Longitudinal Study of Human Flourishing Ever Shows Religion’s Importance

Paul Marshall

Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Paul Marshall

May 1, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

School of War

Podcast

The War in the Middle East and Its Global Consequences

Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Apr 29, 2025

Podcast

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Podcast

From Flashpoints to Faith: Global Developments Unpacked

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Apr 24, 2025

Podcast

Pope Francis waves to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his Sunday Angelus blessing on the World Youth Day on November 24, 2024, in Vatican City. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Pope Francis, the Misunderstood Pontiff

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Apr 21, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

Worshippers take part in a fitness session after prayer in a mosque of the Bagcilar district in Istanbul on February 8, 2024. (Yasin Akgul via Getty Images)

Commentary

Aligning Prayers and Push-Ups: Exploring the Rise of “Salafitness”

Sergio Altuna Galán

Senior Research Fellow, Program on Extremism at The George Washington University

Sergio Altuna Galán

Apr 21, 2025

Commentary

Long Read

Jimmy Lai Chee-ying arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region before a hearing in his case on May 18, 2020, in Hong Kong, China. (Li Zhihua/China News Service via Getty Images)

Commentary

Jimmy Lai, the Face of China’s Repression, to Receive the Bradley Prize

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Apr 10, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

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Testimony

Conflict and Persecution in Nigeria: The Case for a CPC Designation

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Mar 12, 2025

Testimony

Long Read

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In the Media

What Will It Take to Defeat Hamas Once and for All?

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Feb 25, 2025

In the Media

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In the Media

Deep Dive | February 24

Jonathan Hessen

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Jonathan Schachter

Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Hessen & Jonathan Schachter

Feb 24, 2025

In the Media

Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, speaks in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 4, 2023. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Vienna Process Offers a Genuine Alternative to the Taliban

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Feb 21, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

People watch as they secure an area before handing over Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 15, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Their Time Is Up