Knox Thames

Knox Thames served as the State Department Special Advisor for Religious Minorities during both the Obama and Trump administrations. He is a Senior Fellow at Pepperdine University.

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The Biden-Modi Meeting Was a Failure for Democracy

Biden missed a vital chance to hold India to account for human rights abuses

By Knox Thames

Afghanistan’s Religious Minorities Face an Uncertain Future

“I am afraid of the future,” wrote Farkhondeh Akbari, a Hazara university student from Afghanistan.She has reason to be apprehensive. In the face of steady gains by Taliban forces, a new U.S. intelligence assessment estimates...

By Knox Thames
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