Does the “responsibility to protect” doctrine call for Western action in Ukraine? Perhaps not through military intervention, but certainly in efforts toward recovery, reconstruction and reconciliation.
Drew Christiansen
Drew Christiansen, S.J., served as the editor in chief of America from 2005 to 2012. He was a Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development at Georgetown University and a senior fellow with the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. He was co-editor with Carole Sargent of A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament (Georgetown, 2020).
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It is time for Israel to come clean about its nuclear weapons
The nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT) was written for a Cold War standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. It can only be effective now if it includes new nuclear powers like Israel.
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Colin Powell was a warrior — with a healthy skepticism of war.
Colin Powell’s great misfortune was to serve as secretary of state among “the Vulcans,” the Republican policy-makers who subverted Mr. Powell’s more moderate initiatives.
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Review: Jewish leaders see providence in Christianity, too.
The decades since the Second Vatican Council and the declaration “Nostra Aetate” have seen much fruit in the form of Jewish-Christian collaboration and dialogue.
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Trump and Pope Francis didn’t see eye to eye. Can Joe Biden find common ground with the Vatican?
There is much on which a Biden administration and the Holy See can collaborate.
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American democracy is in crisis. Do we have what it takes to save it?
The American myth today faces existential challenges that no longer only come from the fringes.
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Archbishop Tomasi has led the Vatican’s fight against nuclear weapons. Pope Francis is making him a Cardinal.
It was with his colleagues in disarmament dialogues that he found the signature issue of his last years in diplomatic service, nuclear weapons abolition.
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Five theologians on the biggest takeaways from ‘Fratelli Tutti’
As part of our larger coverage of “Fratelli Tutti,” the latest encyclical letter from Pope Francis, America asked a number of theologians and church experts to contribute a brief response, including their perspectives on its potential impact and its particular areas of import.
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75 years after Hiroshima, how can we work toward Pope Francis’ vision of a nuclear-free world?
75 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, writes Drew Christiansen, S.J., the danger of nuclear war is as high as ever. Our “deterrence” strategy needs to be reconsidered.
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Why you shouldn’t dismiss Mike Pompeo’s report on human rights
Critics warned Secretary Pompeo’s religious freedom agenda would reverse 200 years of progress on human rights. But his commission has issued a consensus document.