IGE Updates

Check out the August 2020 e-newsletter!

At the invitation of the Vietnam Embassy in Washington, DC, IGE was honored to take part in a celebration of the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam. Within this bilateral relationship, IGE has played a key role in building people-to-people relations and engagement on good governance, human rights, and religious freedom.

On July 1st, at the invitation of the Kazakhstan government, IGE Vice President of Global Operations James Chen delivered a presentation to government officials on IGE’s relational diplomacy model, theory of change, and its success in catalyzing freedom of faith in Vietnam.

IGE’s Vietnam government partners have published a groundbreaking four-volume compendium of scholarship from IGE’s journal, The Review of Faith & International Affairs. IGE’s partners will distribute this compendium to both central and local government officials throughout all of Vietnam’s 63 provinces

On June 2, 2020, President Trump signed the “Executive Order on Advancing International Religious Freedom,” which prioritizes advancing international religious freedom as a key factor in U.S. foreign policy. IGE has long advocated for this and looks forward to the implementation of this order.

Check out the May 2020 e-newsletter!

IGE partners with the Vietnam-USA Society at the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations and the faculty of Vietnam National University Law School to publish the first-ever textbook on religious freedom.

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recently issued its 2020 report which contains chapters on some of IGE’s focus countries. Familiarize yourself with the report’s findings as well as how IGE is making a difference on the ground.

Check out the April 2020 e-newsletter!