My column in the The Cresset reflects on the reasons for failed US foreign policy over two administrations. “President Obama, speaking recently to the press, dismissed all criticism of his foreign policy as “half baked” “mumbo jumbo.” This strong declamation,… Read More ›
Christians Associated for Democracy has translated the newest draft of Hungary’s law on the “legal status of churches” into English. The European Court of Human Rights found an earlier version of the law to violate the right of religious freedom. The amended… Read More ›
I recently gave an interview at TLU about the state of religious freedom in Hungary. A youtube video of the interview is below.
Recently Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has started to argue for reinstating the death penalty. But the European Union prohibits capital punishment in its member states, and Orbán’s proposal has received a lot of flack in Brussels. Here’s my take… Read More ›
My latest column in The Cresset discusses the threat Putin poses to peace in Europe. “The utter failure of the Minsk Agreement, not to mention the ineffectiveness of economic sanctions and the impotence of diplomatic measures to influence Russian behavior,… Read More ›
Here’s an essay I wrote for Principium about political lessons to be learned from Lajos Ordass, the Hungarian confessor bishop. The Nature of Christian Political Action: Lessons from the Witness of Bishop Ordass “For Christians, to find the right form… Read More ›
Originally posted on Forum for Religious Freedom Europe:
____________________________ HUNGARY: Deregistration of religious communities – A professor of Texas Lutheran University reacts to MEP György Hölvenyi’s comment Published by Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) ____________________________ (HRWF) – Following the publication of…
The following editorial was first published in the Dutch paper Reformatorisch Dagblad on October 7, 2014, then republished in the online edition of the paper with the title “Tijd voor Orban om open kaart te spelen.” My original English text… Read More ›
I have a friend in the human rights community who likes to point out that “Barack Obama has launched more drone strikes than any other winner of Nobel Peace Prize!” To be sure, the use of drones is problematic, but… Read More ›
In November 2013 I delivered a paper at a conference of the Universal Peace Federation held in the Parliament building of the United Kingdom. The title of my paper was “All Animals Are Equal, But Some Animals Are More Equal… Read More ›
H. David Baer 