of Foreign Relations, Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy, and The Center of Study of America and the West at FPRI. Kurth is an evangelical Protestant as well as a traditional social and political conservative; he is an elder at Proclamation Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He objected to Operation Iraqi Freedom and the broader U.S. push to promote liberal democracy in the Middle East; instead, in "Splitting Islam," Kurth recommends that the U.S. utilize the division between Sunni and Shi'ites to distract radical Islamists from attacking America and the West. Kurth is a Swarthmore enthusiast. One of few conservative faculty members at Swarthmore, he is known for his provocative courses and formerly, he was also known for the popular opening day lecture of his international politics course. Essays The Real Clash, The National Interest, 1994 American Strategy in the Global Era, Naval War College Review, 2000 The Protestant Deformation and American Foreign Policy, The Philadelphia Society, 2001 The Next NATO, The National Interest, 2001 The Late American Nation, The National Interest, 2004 Global Threats and American Strategies: From Communism in 1955 to Islamism in 2005, Orbis, 2005 The Neoconservatives Are History, Orbis, 2006 The U.S. Victory in Vietnam: Lost and Found, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2006 Samuel Huntington: Ideas Have Consequences, Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2009 See also Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die? DVD, producer, 1982 DVD, producer, 1982 References External links Interview in Swarthmore Bulletin Debunking 'American Theocracy' Interview Articles at Foreign Policy Research Institute Articles at Intercollegiate Studies Institute Articles at Swarthmore College Articles at Institute for New Economic Thinking Articles at JSTOR Articles at America Interest Articles at National Interest Articles at American Conservative Video: The American Way of War: A History of Strategic Transformations 2/3/2005 Video: What are We Fightin’ For? Western Civilization in the 21st Century 10/27/2008 James Kurth and the Fate of Western Civilization by Corey Abel Interview about "The American Way of Empire" Conservatism in the United States Critics of multiculturalism Geopoliticians Educators from Oregon Living people Male critics of feminism Stanford University alumni Harvard University alumni Swarthmore College faculty 1938 births