Iraq: Making Ethnic Peace After Saddam
A Conversation with Kanan Makiya and Patrick Clawson
Posted: Monday, March 10, 2003
In a seminar session on January 15, 2003, two experts on Iraq spoke about the prevention of ethnic conflict after the expected elimination of Saddam Hussein’s regime through military action. Brandeis professor Kanan Makiya is a leader of the Iraqi opposition, and Patric Clawson is deputy director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. What follows is an edited version of their remarks and the subsequent general discussion, moderated by EPPC fellow Timothy Samuel Shah. The seminar was part of EPPC’s project on Ethnic Partition and U.S. Foreign Policy.  [Read More]

The Genetic Revolution and American Democracy
A Conversation with Eric Cohen and William Kristol
Posted: Saturday, March 1, 2003
In April 2002 a group of journalists, intellectuals, and policymakers gathered at the Ethics and Public Policy Center to consider the moral challenges and political consequences of the biotechnology revolution. The event marked the publication of The Future Is Now: America Confronts the New Genetics, a new volume edited by William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, and Eric Cohen, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Their remarks will be followed by an edited version of the ensuing discussion, moderated by EPPC president Hillel Fradkin.  [Read More]

Hindu Nationalism vs. Islamic Jihad: Religious Militancy in South Asia
A Conversation with Cedric Prakash, Teesta Setalvad, Kamal Chenoy, Sumit Ganguly, Sunil Khilnani, and Jonah Blank
By Timothy Samuel Shah
Posted: Monday, February 3, 2003
On June 10, 2002, the Ethics and Public Policy Center sponsored a conference in which six experts on South Asia discussed the impact of increasing religious militancy—Hindu as well as Islamic—on geopolitical stability and religious freedom in the subcontinent. Co-sponsoring the conference was INFEMIT, a network of Third World theologians and activists led by Dr. Vinay Samuel. In the edited transcript that follows, each of the six experts makes brief remarks. Then other conference participants join them in a lively discussion. Moderator Timothy Samuel Shah is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center specializing in South Asia.  [Read More]

Religion and Terrorism
A Conversation with Bruce Hoffman and Jeffrey Goldberg
Posted: Monday, January 6, 2003
In January 2002, two dozen journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman of the RAND Corporation. What follows is an edited version of Dr. Hoffman’s remarks, a brief response by Jeffrey Goldberg, and the ensuing general discussion as moderated by EPPC vice president Michael Cromartie.  [Read More]

Islam: A Primer
A Conversation with Roy Mottahedeh and Jay Tolson
Posted: Sunday, September 8, 2002
In January 2002 a group of journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured Harvard historian Roy Mottahedeh, with a response by journalist Jay Tolson. Their remarks here are followed by an edited version of the ensuing general discussion, moderated by EPPC vice president Michael Cromartie. A seminar session featuring Samuel P. Huntington appeared as "Center Conversation" 14, and a session with Bruce Hoffman is forthcoming. These seminars for journalists are made possible by a generous grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.  [Read More]

Religion, Culture, and International Conflict After September 11
A Conversation with Samuel P. Huntington
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2002
In January 2002 two dozen journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured Harvard political scientist Samuel P. Huntington, author of the highly acclaimed book The Clash of Civilizations. His remarks here are followed by an edited version of the ensuing general discussion, moderated by EPPC vice president Michael Cromartie. These seminars for journalists are made possible by a generous grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.  [Read More]

The Rights and Wrongs of Religion in Politics
A Conversation with Stephen Carter and Jeffrey Rosen
Posted: Sunday, July 1, 2001
I come to these issues of religion and politics as a scholar, but also as an evangelical Christian. I didn’t start out as an evangelical; I became one in the course of writing about law and religion and politics. And so although I try to maintain a tone of scholarly neutrality, some of it has become personal in a way that I wouldn’t have expected fifteen years ago.   [Read More]

How Should We Talk? Religion and Public Discourse
A Conversation with Jean Bethke Elshtain and William McGurn
Posted: Saturday, June 2, 2001
In June 2000 a group of journalists gathered at the Black Point Inn in Prouts Neck, Maine, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current Protestant evangelical, Catholic, and Jewish cultural and religious issues.  [Read More]

The New Christian Right in Historical Context
A Conversation with Leo Ribuffo and David Shribman
Posted: Friday, June 1, 2001
In June 2000 a group of journalists gathered at the Black Point Inn in Prouts Neck, Maine, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current Protestant evangelical, Catholic, and Jewish cultural and religious issues.  [Read More]

How the Faithful Voted
A Conversation with John C. Green and John DiIulio
Posted: Monday, March 5, 2001
A seminar held at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in late January featured two well-known commentators on American religion and public life. They made informal remarks and then took part in a general discussion. Moderator Michael Cromartie is vice president of EPPC.  [Read More]