Appeasing Iran
Rick Santorum on The Gathering Storm
In a disappointing and abrupt reversal of policy, the Bush Administration dispatched Undersecretary of State William Burns to join envoys from France, Britain, Germany, Russia, and China, to meet with Saeed Jalili, Iran's nuclear negotiator in Geneva. [Read More]
Occasional Commentary: The Diarchy of Religious Freedom
EPPC Senior Fellow Keith Pavlischek reviews Catholicism and Religious Freedom: Contemporary Reflections on Vatican II's Declaration on Religious Liberty and suggests the lessons learned have something to say about the West's confrontation with an intolerant Islam. [Read More]
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Iran and the Economist: Silent No More
Talking Into the Sunset
Tehran's winning streak
Winning the War of Ideas
The Saudi Guide To Piety
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Iran: Inside Nuclear Talks, Frustrating Diplomacy
Events
Audio recordings and transcripts for all three lectures on religious freedom are now available for download:
3.20.08 Diplomacy in an Age of Faith: Religious Freedom and National Security (Thomas F. Farr)
2.29.08 Islam and the Fate of Europe: Eurabia or Islamic Assimilation? (George Weigel and Philip Jenkins)
1.25.08 Religious Freedom for All? A Critique of A Common Word between Us and You (Patrick Soohkdeo and Andrew Saperstein)
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum, a Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, established and directs EPPC's Program to Protect America's Freedom. He is writing a book on the "gathering storm" of the 21st century -- the challenges posed by radical Islamic fascism and its growing alliances around the world.
Mr. Santorum served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995. As a United States Senator, he was a champion of efforts to counter the threat of radical Islam, to protect victims of religious persecution, and to promote democracy and religious liberty around the world.
RICK SANTORUM
THE GATHERING STORM
CFR Backgrounder
Timeline: U.S.-Iran Contacts
U.S.-Iranian relations after the 1979 Islamic Revolution have been sporadic and marred by mutual distrust and debacles like the Iran-Contra affair. Iran's alleged support for terrorists, lingering resentment over the Iranian hostage crisis as well as America's 1953 overthrow of the Iranian government and installation of the shah, and Iran's nuclear program have cast a long shadow over any efforts at direct talks. But with U.S. envoys set to sit down with their Iranian counterparts during a regional conference on Iraq, there is a fresh hope among some American foreign policymakers that this may mark the beginning of, if not a beautiful new friendship, then at least an era of mutual cooperation. There have been a handful of attempts and near-attempts from both sides at striking a dialogue in both bilateral and multilateral forums on a number of issues. Here's a look at post-1979 U.S.-Iranian official contacts.
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Santorum and Wofford Join for a Global Cause
Rick Santorum and Harris Wofford, combatants in a bitter and high-profile U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania during the 1990s, are joining together in common cause. And their doing so isn't quite as strange as it might seem at first glance. Republican Santorum and Democrat Wofford, both former senators now, are to serve as state cochairs of ONE Vote '08, which is seeking to raise issues of extreme poverty and global disease during the presidential campaign.
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