Jill Nelson | The Complexity Of Foreign Affairs
In this episode, I got to talk with WORLD Magazine Correspondent, Jill Nelson. Jill has focused a large portion of her reporting of the past several years on the Ukraine/Russia war and the Israel/Hamas war in the Middle East. Our conversation covers the history of these conflicts, the reason for war, and how Christians should think through these sorts of geopolitical issues.
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UKRAINE/RUSSIA
March 10, 2022: “Far From Family”
Interviews: Cyndee Knight, Ambassador of Father’s House Luis Ruiz, and adoptive parents Jennifer Russ and Phil Graves
https://wng.org/articles/far-from-family-1646881083
“Ukrainians seek justice for war crimes” (3-26-22)
https://wng.org/roundups/ukrainians-seek-justice-for-war-crimes-1648315482
Interviews: Serhiy Perebyinis (wife killed in Irpin) and Tatyana Kobzar (nephew killed in same attack)
***“Russia’s Rapid Decline” (May 5, 2022)
https://wng.org/articles/russias-rapid-decline-1651633867
(Interviews: Pastor Andre Furmanov, Pastor Andrew Berdishev, Baptist Pastor Yuri Sipko, Bishop Albert Ratkin, David Satter)
***“Quest for Justice” (Sept. 10, 2022)
https://wng.org/articles/quest-for-justice-1661313430
Interviews: Ludmyla Savchenko, Oleksandra Matviichuk (Nobel Peace Prize 2022), Sergey Rakhuba (Mission Eurasia)
***“Encountering Tribulation” (Dec. 8, 2022)
https://wng.org/articles/encountering-tribulation-1670453390
Interview: Mikhail Britsyn
Pastoral perspectives: “United in Faith, Divided by War” (4-12-22)
https://wng.org/podcasts/united-in-faith-divided-by-war-1649734795
Andre Furmanov, Oleg Magdych, Oleg Vasilevsky
War Crimes: “Cracking Down on the Kremlin” (5-23-22)
Ludmyla Savchanko and Rachel Kerr (law professor at King’s College London and co-director of the War Crimes Research Group)
***A 2014 story that unpacks why some Christians support Putin
https://wng.org/articles/putins-playbook-1617325335
First invasion:
***https://wng.org/articles/cold-realities-1617329918
https://wng.org/articles/winter-at-the-barricades-1618235450
ISRAEL
December Reporting trip:
***“Seed of Hope” (Israel Trip) (1-25-24)
Interviews: David Pileggi (Rector of Christ Church in Old City), Pastor Michael Beener, Ran Ferdman, Israel Iluz
https://wng.org/articles/seeds-of-hope-1705899552
***I really enjoyed talking with David: “Christians in the Holy Land” (Q&A with David Pileggi-Christ Church Jerusalem) (1-26-24)
https://wng.org/articles/christians-and-the-holy-land-1706119688
“Remembering their faces” (Hostages Square in Tel Aviv) (1-23-24)
Interviews: Michael Levy, Liad Gross, and others)
https://wng.org/podcasts/remembering-their-faces-1705961515
“Daily Bread in a War Zone” (feeding troops fighting Hezbollah) (1-25-24)
Interview: Pastor Israel Iluz
https://wng.org/podcasts/daily-bread-in-a-war-zone-1706130658
***“Neighbors at War” (Settler violence in the West Bank) (2-7-24)
Interviews: Mustafa Al Kabeyta, "Joshua Pex"
https://wng.org/podcasts/neighbors-at-war-1707243200
Myths and Miracles about Israel on its 70th anniversary
https://wng.org/articles/miracles-and-myths-1620595714
“A history of violence: Hamas’ attack on Israel is only the latest in a 75-year war” (Timeline) (10-19-23)
“Mass murder gambit: Hamas has the world’s attention. But Can it reignite Arab sympathies?”
(12-21-23)
Interviews: Pastor Israel Pochtar (WhatsApp), Daniel Pipes, and Haisam Hassanein (FDD)
***An older story about pro-Hamas elements on U.S. campuses (2009)
https://wng.org/articles/pro-palestinian-junta-1620659027
ISOLATIONISM
“Exit Stage Right: American conservatives are urging Uncle Sam to bow out of world affairs” (1-11-23)
Interviews: AEI’s Matthew Continetti. Sen. John Thune, and Oleg Magdych)
https://wng.org/articles/exit-stage-right-1704860393
ISLAM and ISLAMISM
***https://wng.org/podcasts/fighting-radicalization-in-the-west-1618322328
https://wng.org/articles/too-cozy-for-comfort-1617303645
***https://wng.org/articles/northern-migration-1617305085
And I'm including this one because it seems as Christians, we have to also be careful not to shun our Muslim neighbors. God is at work:
***Muslim Background Believers “Seeking a Savior” (3-9-23)
Interviews: Georges Houssney (Horizons International), Fouad Masri (Crescent Project), Farah Marvil Saada (Hope for Ishmael), Hamid Hatami (MEHR Ministries), Mike Westerfield (convert) , Abdu Murray (Embrace the Truth)