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The recent transfer of Andrei Rublev’s world-famous Trinity icon to the Russian Orthodox Church illustrates the Kremlin’s superstitions and desire to give its war against Ukraine a spiritual foundation.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church will never be able to return to its prewar position. There are only two options now: swear allegiance to the new national consensus, or become a pro-Kremlin collaborator.
By using force to try to keep the splintering parts of the once-unified ROC together, Patriarch Kirill is only driving them away.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has declared full independence from the Moscow Patriarchate, but for now that independence is recognized only by itself.
Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa.
Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Mary McCord to address the unique domestic security challenges confronting a nation increasingly divided at home.
Please join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Middle East program for a discussion of a book that provides an in-depth look at how Saudi Arabia’s religious sector continues to influence Islam across the globe.
There is a widespread impression, particularly in the West, that Islam is an “Arab faith” owing to its origins in the message delivered by an Arab prophet and to the fact that its fundamental texts are written in Arabic. But this a rather modern conceit. Islam looks, and sounds, different depending on where you happen to be.
Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Thomas Nides, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict, the future of the Iran nuclear deal, and the U.S.-Israel relationship.
Thus, the interrelation between religious and national priorities is singularly important in a religious regime like Iran.