On Religion and the Politics of Security: How Religion’s Involvement in Domestic Politics Affects National Securitymaking

Bar-Maoz, Moria

doi:10.1080/15570274.2018.1469822

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“…More broadly, there seems to be a strong public preference in the USA for providing aid primarily to Christian countries (Blackman, 2018), and these preferences are channelled by Evangelical groups towards the American government. Decisionmakers may face the political need to accommodate the opinions of these groups to help secure their hold on power, especially if they represent the preferences of significant parts of the electorate (Bar-Maoz, 2018). Given the size of the Evangelical communities, they have a significant influence on US policies towards the less developed world, especially regarding foreign aid (Austin et al, 2022).…”

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Understanding Hungary’s Support for Persecuted Christians: Scrutinising Religious Motives for Giving Aid

Paragi,

Szent-Iványi

2024

Progress in Development Studies

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Religion is increasingly acknowledged as a driving force behind development processes; however, it has received little attention as a motivation for donors to give aid. The article analyses the stated motivations and hidden agendas behind the Hungarian government’s ‘Hungary Helps’ aid programme, aimed at supporting Christian communities in the Global South and reducing migration to Europe. The programme fits with the government’s rhetoric on religion and migration, however, the article reveals inconsistencies that suggest further motivations. While there is little evidence that there was domestic demand for such a programme, it has been used instrumentally to increase Hungary’s influence among Christian interest groups and their political allies in the USA.

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Section: Conceptual Framework: Donor Motivations For Giving Aidmentioning

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Understanding Hungary’s Support for Persecuted Christians: Scrutinising Religious Motives for Giving Aid

Paragi,

Szent-Iványi

2024

Progress in Development Studies

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“…The belief in a close connection between national security and religion is quickly becoming the new gospel of the International Relations discipline. However, so far, the growing body of literature on religion and national security has not yet provided us with any theory on how religion influences the formulation and implementation of national security strategy (Sieple et al 2013;Shaw 2011;Lucius 2013;Seiple and Hoover 2004;Farr 2008;Thomas 2010;Hassner 2009Hassner , 2013Hassner , 2016Rubin 2014; Bar-Maoz 2018). To advance the process of theorization, this article offers a model of how religion influences the formulation and execution of national security policies, using the case of Israel's national security policies throughout its history.…”

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A Theory on the Involvement of Religion in National Security Policy Formulation and Implementation: The Case of Israel before and after the Religionization of Its Security Environment

Bar-Maoz

2020

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This article offers, for the first time, a theoretical model of religion’s influence on the formulation and execution of national security policies. To build this model, it analyses the influence of religion on Israel’s national security policymaking—before and after Israel’s security environment went through a process of religionization beginning in the 1970s. The article proposes that religion’s effect on national security policymaking is comprised of three tiers that follow one another in the decision making sequence and, yet, are independent from one another: (1) operational beliefs embedded in the state’s security thinking on the relations between religion and security; (2) opportunities and constraints on the state’s freedom of action, due to the role religion plays in global, regional and domestic politics as well as bilateral relations; and (3) governmental utilization of religion to realize national security goals. At its conclusion, the article demonstrates that the model is applicable to other countries as well, using the case of France’s policies in the 21st century.

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“…The belief in a close connection between national security and religion is quickly becoming the new gospel of the International Relations discipline. However, so far, the growing body of literature on religion and national security has not yet provided us with any theory on how religion influences the formulation and implementation of national security strategy (Sieple et al 2013;Shaw 2011;Lucius 2013;Seiple and Hoover 2004;Farr 2008;Thomas 2010;Hassner 2009Hassner , 2013Hassner , 2016Rubin 2014;Bar-Maoz 2018). To advance the process of theorization, this article offers a model of how religion influences the formulation and execution of national security policies, using the case of Israel's national security policies throughout its history.…”

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Religion and International Relations in the Middle East

2020

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By the end of the 20th century, after great political upheavals, two world wars, the decolonization process and political, social and scientific revolutions, it is hard to miss that the world is in a deep de-secularization process. In the Middle East, this process has taken multiple trajectories and has made geopolitics of religion central in reshaping regional issues and in restructuring modes of international politics and international system's intervention in the Middle East.

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On Religion and the Politics of Security: How Religion’s Involvement in Domestic Politics Affects National Securitymaking

Cited by 7 publications

References 37 publications

Understanding Hungary’s Support for Persecuted Christians: Scrutinising Religious Motives for Giving Aid

Understanding Hungary’s Support for Persecuted Christians: Scrutinising Religious Motives for Giving Aid

A Theory on the Involvement of Religion in National Security Policy Formulation and Implementation: The Case of Israel before and after the Religionization of Its Security Environment

Religion and International Relations in the Middle East

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