How Should Foreign Policy Use Religion?

Written by Don Byrd
Writing for the Washington Post, Susan Hayward, a senior program officer in the Religion and Peacemaking Center of Innovation at the U.S. Institute of Peace, offers strategic advice to the new Office of Faith-Based Initiatives at the U.S. State Department. The Office is tasked with enhancing diplomatic relations through partnerships and dialogue with religious communities around the world. She emphasizes the importance of an overtly inclusive process that goes beyond mere talk.