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Photograph of a pro-choice protester holding a sign reading "keep abortion legal" as anti-abortion campaigners in the background participate in the "March for Life" outside the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Why Gender Is Central to the Antidemocratic Playbook: Unpacking the Linkages in the United States and Beyond

Restrictive gender norms and authoritarianism often strengthen one another.

· November 25, 2024
commentary
Diwan
Religion and Science … Fiction?

In an interview, Shoaib Ahmed Malik discusses his coedited book on Islam and extraterrestrial life.

  • Rayyan Al-Shawaf
· October 9, 2024
Older man wearing Palestinian keffiyeh kneels on a red and orange prayer rug in front of a red and orange striped mosque wall.
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Israeli Islam Isn’t a Contradiction, but It Isn’t Easy

The surprising and evolving intersections between the Jewish state and Islamic institutions.

· July 30, 2024
commentary
Carnegie Politika
The Anti-War Faction in the Russian Orthodox Church Has Yet to Find Its Voice

After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Orthodox Church publicly embraced the war, sparking a crisis of conscience for priests and parishioners alike.

· March 4, 2024
In The Media
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Actual Strategies for Saving Democracy

A discussion on five strategies for supporting democracy, as well as the critical role Catholics have in saving democracy in the long term.

· October 16, 2023
US Catholic
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One-State Reality vs Two-State Solution
July 19, 2023

Join the Carnegie Middle East Program for a discussion on Palestine’s future in a one state reality.

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Carnegie Politika
Sacrificing Art for War: The Handover of Russia’s Trinity Icon

The recent transfer of Andrei Rublev’s world-famous Trinity icon to the Russian Orthodox Church illustrates the Kremlin’s superstitions and desire to give its war against Ukraine a spiritual foundation.

· June 9, 2023
commentary
Carnegie Politika
Holy War: The Fight for Ukraine’s Churches and Monasteries

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church will never be able to return to its prewar position. There are only two options now: swear allegiance to the new national consensus, or become a pro-Kremlin collaborator.

· April 11, 2023
commentary
Carnegie Politika
Why the Russian Orthodox Church Supports the War in Ukraine

By using force to try to keep the splintering parts of the once-unified ROC together, Patriarch Kirill is only driving them away.

· January 31, 2023
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Carnegie Politika
Can the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Survive the War With Russia?

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has declared full independence from the Moscow Patriarchate, but for now that independence is recognized only by itself.

· January 17, 2023