Turkey is at war with itself again, over religion and politics in Turkish life, and the consequences for both itself and its friends could be devastating.

Against the backdrop of changing political alliances between Kurds and Sunnis, Moqtada al-Sadr is transforming Iraq’s Shiite Sadrist movement into a new political phenomenon with implications for the country’s political structure and security dynamics.

Experts discuss trends in religion and foreign policy.

Speakers discuss how the different forms of Christianity and Islam may have helped, and sometimes hindered, the development of free and open societies.

Millions of Muslims think Shariah means the rule of law. Noah Feldman examines whether they could be right.

Walter Russell Mead discusses how America’s evangelicals are growing more moderate—and more powerful.

This article examines how some followers of Buddhism, a religion that encourages detachment from worldly desires and feelings, are influencing government and picking up arms. A fast growing religion, Buddhists are increasingly visible – Burma, Thailand, and Tibet have all seen Buddhist uprisings since 2006 – and prominent on the world stage. Christian Caryl explains how meditative becomes militant.

The United States should recognize that religious freedom is vital not only to liberty and stability abroad but also to U.S. national security.

Noah Feldman explains that “if Turkey is to continue its integration into European and Western civilization, it needs to show that liberal values and Islam are not only compatible but complementary.”

Michael Gerson questions Fred Thompson’s moral seriousness.

Vali Nasr writes that “ Ahmadinejad makes the noise, but Khamenei pulls the strings” in Iran.

U.S. military progress in Iraqis affecting U.S. public opinion, but progress reconciling Iraq’s feuding ethnic factions has proven elusive