International Affairs

June 20, 2017

Attacking Finsbury Park’s peaceful Muslims violates Western values

Just after midnight local time on Monday, June 19, a man deliberately ran an oversized van into a crowd of pedestrians in London, seeking to crush out as many lives as possible. Continue Reading...

June 14, 2017

On the House of European History: ‘Without Christianity, Europe has no soul’

The newly opened House of European History has a blind spot: It entirely omits the role that religion played in European history. According to a new essay from Arnold Huijgen at Religion & Liberty Transatlantic, when it comes to religion, the $61 million museum in Brussels, built by the European Parliament, is “an empty House.” Continue Reading...

June 13, 2017

Has the European Parliament overlooked MEPs’ multimillion-dollar corruption?

  A new report shows the European Parliament is spending nearly €40 million ($45 million U.S.) a year to pay for offices that may not even exist. Further, the body does not require any documentation of how Members of European Parliament (MEPs) spend the funds entrusted to them. Continue Reading...

June 12, 2017

Explainer: How do French parliamentary elections work (and why was June 11 historic)?

On Sunday, France held the first round of its parliamentary elections. After the June 11, 2017, the nation is poised to usher in a new era of French political history. How is French Parliament divided? Continue Reading...

June 09, 2017

5 things you need to know about the UK’s 2017 general election

The UK’s 2017 general election: What you need to know. The future of UK politics, Brexit negotiations, and transatlantic values has been thrust into uncertainty following the UK snap election on Thursday night. Continue Reading...

June 08, 2017

Why you should care about today’s UK snap election

Today, voters across the UK went to the polls to elect Members of Parliament in the snap election called on April 18. American observers and people of faith should care about the results, because they could affect the transatlantic alliance in numerous ways. Continue Reading...

June 06, 2017

This wedding ceremony stresses more than one kind of charity

On Sunday, I attended the wedding of a wonderful young couple I’ve known most of their lives. (Weddings in the Orthodox Church are usually held on Sundays, rather than Saturdays, so that the newlyweds will not be tempted to begin their married life by skipping church.) Continue Reading...

June 05, 2017

Bulgaria erects a monument to the other Reagan Revolution

President Ronald Wilson Reagan passed away 13 years ago today, but his legacy of advancing freedom continues to be appreciated around the world. Deep in the heart of the former Soviet bloc, in Bulgaria’s capital city, officials have unveiled a new monument to Reagan. Continue Reading...