Providence is a quarterly print journal and web-based daily focusing on faith and foreign policy. Sagamore Institute Senior Fellow Alan Dowd, who authors the Project Fortress blog and heads Sagamore’s Center for America’s Purpose, also serves as a contributing editor with Providence. The following is a library of Dowd’s articles published in Providence.
REDISCOVERING AMERICA’S PURPOSE, August 17, 2023
WORDS OF WAR, July 20, 2023
THE TORCH AND TAPESTRY OF GENERATIONS, June 28, 2023
UKRAINE’S BLAME GAME, May 17, 2023
CLARIFYING THE TERMS OF DEBATE OVER IRAQ, April 3, 2023
A WAR OF WAR CRIMES, February 21, 2023
DEFENDING THE LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL ORDER, January 12, 2023
ISRAEL AND TURKEY MUST STEP UP, November 14, 2022
CONSIDERING POSTWAR UKRAINE September 21, 2022
PASSING THE BATON July 7, 2022
BEIJING OFFERS A GLIMPSE OF TOMORROW IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT August 16, 2022
MAVERICK’S MESSAGE June 8, 2022
PRESIDENTIAL PLAYBOOK FOR A DANGEROUS PHASE OF PUTIN’S WAR May 11, 2022
WILL FINLAND, SWEDEN SHIFT OUT OF NEUTRAL? May 3, 2022
DON’T BLAME NATO FOR RUSSIA INVADING UKRAINE April 26, 2022
A BLUEPRINT FOR DEFENDING THE FREE WORLD April 14, 2022
THE POWER OF REAL HEROISM March 31, 2022
AN OFF-RAMP FOR PUTIN March 9, 2022
STORM CLOUDS AND A SILVER LINING IN EUROPE February 24, 2022
NATO IS STILL KEY TO KEEPING THE PEACE IN EUROPE January 19, 2022
A COLONEL, A KID AND A CHRISTMAS STORY December 21, 2021
AMERICA DRIFTS BACKWARD September 17, 2021
THE NATURAL NEXT STEP September 10, 2021
THE IMPORTANCE OF DEFENSE AND DETERRENCE August 16, 2021
THE RHYMES AND LESSONS OF HISTORY July 7, 2021
AMERICA MUST DEFEND DEMOCRACY June 29, 2021
AN OLD PLAYBOOK, A NEW COLD WAR April 12, 2021
CHINA TAKES AIM AT THE POSTWAR ORDER April 7, 2021
CHINA’S DREAM, THE WORLD’S NIGHTMARE March 31, 2021
EXTENDING THE HARD LINE WITH CHINA February 24, 2021
A PRESIDENT’S PRAYER ON THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL January 22, 2021
ANOTHER DAY OF INFAMY January 9, 2021
GIVING CREDIT WHERE IT’S DUE December 20, 2020
BIDEN STRIVING FOR BALANCE ON FOREIGN POLICY December 7, 2020
LESSONS AND LEFTOVERS OF THE GREAT WAR November 10, 2020
THE WORLD FINALLY SEES XI’S CHINA AS IT IS, July 31, 2020
MOBS AND MONUMENTS, July 15, 2020
THE “GOOD OLD DAYS”, June 24, 2020
XI RECASTS CHINA AS THE GOOD SAMARITAN, May 21, 2020
LESSONS LEARNED, RELEARNED AND UNLEARNED, April 6, 2020
NATO IS FINALLY WAKING UP March 11, 2020
BLAME XI JINPING’S REGIME FOR MISHANDLING COVID19 April 24, 2020
OBAMA AND TRUMP’S MISTAKES IN SYRIA: GREEN LIGHTS AND RED LINES November 6, 2019
HERE WE GO AGAIN AND AGAIN, September 10, 2019
UGLY WORDS AND HORRIFIC EVENTS, August 7, 2019
THE APOLLO PROGRAM AND A NEW VIEW OF CREATION, July 15, 2019
A DANGEROUS POPULARITY CONTEST, June 10, 2019
FAITH, FREEDOM, FOREIGN POLICY AND A SOCIALIST REVIVAL, March 26, 2019
POST-TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES, March 1, 2019
MAKING THE CASE FOR DEMOCRACY, February 8, 2019
WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS, February 4, 2019
THE DECLINE OF DEMOCRACY, February 1, 2019
A CONFLUENCE OF INTEREST AND IDEALS, November 19, 2018
A FLAGGING COMMITMENT TO FOREIGN AID, November, 12, 2018
TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN: MAKING A CASE FOR FOREIGN AID, November 7, 2018
AN ARMY OF CONSCIENCE, September 28, 2018
COMMON CORE, September 26, 2018
ORGAN FAILURE, September 25, 2018
AMERICA MAY NEED TO SUPPORT AN INDEPENDENT KURDISTAN, July 26, 2018
ONE MORE ITEM FOR NATO’S TO-DO LIST, July 12, 2018
SPACE FORCE OR SPACE FARCE? June 25, 2018
MACEDENOIA’S NEW NAME, June 21, 2018
INTERESTS, IDEALS AND SUMMITS, May 30, 2018
SMOTHERING THE CHAOS IN SYRIA, May 24, 2018
MONROE 2.0: AMERICA NEEDS TO REVIVE AN OLD DOCTRINE, Winter 2018
A RETURN TO REASON May 9, 2018
WHAT A COUNTRY April 2, 2018
A QUARTER-CENTURY OF WAR February 26, 2018
PAKISTAN: PARIAH OR PARTNER? February 15, 2018
FIRST CASUALTY OF THE SECOND KOREAN WAR? February 7, 2018
MEAGER WORDS AND MEMORIES: REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST January 24, 2018
TRUMP’S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY AND AMERICA’S PLACE IN THE WORLD January 9, 2018
ADDRESSING AFRICA’S ILLS REQUIRES MORE THAN MILITARY FORCE December 12, 2017
IN THE KREMLIN’S CROSSHAIRS November 20, 2017
JAPAN: A HELPING HAND IN THE PACIFIC November 2, 2017
NATO TAKES THE FIFTH Fall 2017
PREEMPTING PREEMPTION September 19, 2017
AMERICA’S LONG WAR September 11, 2017
WHEN CHARACTER MATTERED August 21, 2017
INSURANCE AGAINST MISTAKES, MISCALCULATION AND MADMEN Summer 2017
FAR FROM CIVILIZED: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN CHINA August 3, 2017
THE STAIN OF SREBRENICA July 10, 2017
TWEETING AND DELETING NATO INTO A CRISIS June 13, 2017
UNPREPARED FOR THE STORM May 30, 2017
PLAN TO CUT FOREIGN AID WILL HURT AMERICA’S INTERESTS May 22, 2017
IN THE INTEREST OF HUMANITY Spring 2017
FRONTLINES OR SIDELINES FOR AMERICA’S VALUES? May 16, 2017
A LOW BAR AND HIGH STAKES IN KOREA April 20, 2017
COUNTING THE COSTS IN SYRIA April 10, 2017
A COSTLY EDUCATION April 3, 2017
A FEARFUL THING March 31, 2017
CHINA AND THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES March 20, 2017
IN GENERAL TERMS March 3, 2017
A SHIELD FOR FAITH: THE U.S. MILITARY AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Winter 2017
CHAOS THEORY: TROUBLE WITH TRUMP’S FOREIGN POLICY February 10, 2017
POLITICS, MOTIVES AND PRISONERS February 3, 2017
SHRUNKEN SHADOWS AND BROKEN OATHS January 24, 2017
INDICTED BY HIS OWN WORDS December 30, 2016
A RETURN TO FORTRESS AMERICA? December 21, 2016
LIVING IN A POST-PATRIOTIC AMERICA December 1, 2016
A DEFENSIVE SHIELD November 15, 2016
BEARING THE BURDEN Fall 2016
WORD CHOICE September 30, 2016
A BANEFUL FOE: FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN THE WHITE HOUSE September 19, 2016
WRONG PARTNERS, WRONG DIRECTION August 18, 2016
AN UNPARALLELED PARIAH August 12, 2016
MORAL HAZARD: DRONES & THE RISKS OF RISK-FREE WAR Summer 2016
AN UNSETTLING AFFINITY FOR AUTOCRACY July 21, 2016
LONGING FOR PEACE AMIDST A LONG WAR June 28, 2016
WHEN HISTORY TIPPED TOWARD FREEDOM June 6, 2016
A SAD SPEECH May 27, 2016
A FRIEND OF FREEDOM HEADS HOME May 6, 2016
A BANNER FOR THE NATIONS Spring 2016
WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN’T April 27, 2016
NEWS FLASH: WE’RE AT WAR (STILL) April 18, 2016
CONSEQUENCES OF A HAMSTRUNG AIR WAR April 5, 2016
THE TRUMP SHOW March 21, 2016
OLD DOCTRINES FOR A NEW DOMAIN March 14, 2016
FROM ‘NEVER AGAIN’ TO ‘NEVER MIND’ March 7, 2016
WEARIED ERASING CHRISTIANITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST February 17, 2016
DEBATING HOW TO DEFEND OURSELVES February 9, 2016
WEARIED BY DEMOCRACY January 19, 2016
WEEPING AND GREAT MOURNING: CHRISTMASTIME IN CHINA December 23, 2015
OBAMA VS. OBAMA November 30, 2015
POLICING THE SEAS November 24, 2015
“LET MY PEOPLE GO” November 19, 2015
CIVILIZATION UNDER SIEGE November 14, 2015
NEXT TARGET FOR THE JIHADISTS November 10, 2015
SHIELD AND SWORD: THE CASE FOR DETERRENCE Fall 2015
