Christian Nikolaus Braun is a research fellow at Radboud University in the Netherlands. His primary research interest is in the just war tradition. Christian’s first monograph, entitled Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition, is forthcoming with Georgetown University Press.
Germany does not love her neighbor when she rejects Ukraine’s plea for defensive weapons.
Christian Nikolaus BraunFebruary 23, 2022
Force-short-of-war raises many moral questions, and jus ad vim has been an attempt to provide answers.
Christian Nikolaus BraunJune 9, 2021
For Hildegard, rulers who blatantly violate the virtuous example set by Christ lose their authority to rule. Following from that, an unvirtuous ruler would necessarily fail to be a right authority that can legitimately wage war.
Christian Nikolaus BraunSeptember 16, 2020
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