Religion as statecraft: What a decade of research reveals about the geopolitics of religious soft power

The post-Cold War assumption that international politics was converging toward a secular liberal framework in which religion would play at most a marginal role has not survived contact with the evidence. From China to Turkey to Saudi Arabia and Russia, states are integrating religion into their foreign policy in strategically significant ways. The post Religion as statecraft: What a decade of research reveals about the geopolitics of religious soft power appeared first on Atlantic Council.