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Foreign Policy

Does the United States Have a Moral Obligation to Protect Taiwan?

| November 20, 2020 | Blog Contributor

Does the United States Have a Moral Obligation to Protect Taiwan?
Hong Kong woke me up. For years, political forecasters have warned us that China is ready to strike at peace and freedom in Asia; we just hadn’t seen it yet. I believed them, and I agreed it was coming, but this fast? Over the last year we have witnessed a city...
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Josh Farquhar
Josh Farquhar is a junior at Dallas Baptist University studying politics, philosophy, and economics. He was selected as a 2020 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog.

How Nationalist Endeavors Polarize

| April 7, 2020 | Blog Contributor

How Nationalist Endeavors Polarize
This decade has seen a sharp rise in nationalism internationally ranging from the ideological, such as President Donald Trump’s political platform, to the legally enforced as seen with Brexit. Yet, despite attempts at national unification, parallel movements of...
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Clara Keuss
Clara Keuss was selected as a 2020 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a Sophomore at Pepperdine University where she studies international studies with a concentration in the Middle East and North Africa.

Something Must Give

| February 14, 2020 | Blog Contributor

Something Must Give
“When we fight you, we make sure you can’t get away.” This is the message then-revolutionary leader Mao Tse-tung wanted his enemies to hear. Yet Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Chinese Nationalists, found this rival of his to be a fool. A military man with rigid,...
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Alexander Hale
Alexander Hale was selected as a 2019 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a junior business fellow majoring in finance, political science, and philosophy at Baylor University, while also pursuing a great texts minor within the Baylor honors program.

Assessing the Viability of the Middle East Strategic Alliance to Counter Iranian Influence in the Post-Islamic State Middle East

| January 7, 2020 | Young Scholars

Assessing the Viability of the Middle East Strategic Alliance to Counter Iranian Influence in the Post-Islamic State Middle East
Jonathan Deemer was a 2018-2019 Young Scholar Awards Program recipient. He attended Union College and majored in international relations and business administration. I am twenty two years old. This means that for me, and the millions of Americans in my generation, we...
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Jonathan Deemer
Jonathan Deemer was a 2018-2019 Young Scholar for the Intiative on Faith and Public Life. He majored in international relations and business administration at Union College.