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