Knox Thames is a Senior Fellow at Pepperdine University. He previously served as the State Department Special Advisor for Religious Minorities under both the Obama and Trump administrations. He is the author of Ending Persecution: Charting the Path to Global Religious Freedom (2024). You can follow him on Twitter @KnoxThames.

Talk About posts by Knox Thames:

• Video: Religious Minorities in Post-Assad Syria
• Interview on the U.S. Efforts to Advance Religious Freedom Globally
• Saving Iraqi Religious Minorities and Their Heritage