Dispensational Literacy for Diplomacy

Policymakers and foreign‑policy journalists should adopt a minimal 'dispensational literacy'—the ability to identify when political positions are rooted in specific millenarian or covenantal theologies—so that diplomatic messaging and Congressional debates can anticipate religiously motivated coalition behavior. — If diplomats and reporters routinely recognize when Christian Zionist theology is shaping arguments, they can craft clearer, targeted communications and reduce misreading of U.S. domestic drivers behind Middle East policy.