Eric Patterson, Ph.D., is President & CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, DC and scholar-at-large and past dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University. His expertise, informed by time at the US Department of State and in the military, is on just war thinking, the nexus of religion and national security, and Christian Realism. He is the author or editor of 22 books, including Just American Wars, Politics in a Religious World, and Ending Wars Well.
Biden’s State of the Union lacked the moral clarity on the civilizational struggle the US is in against China and Russia
Eric Patterson & Ken PopeMarch 18, 2024
The July, 2023 coup in Niger has captured global attention as observers note the upward trend in military coups in West Africa
Eric PattersonSeptember 5, 2023
Revolutionary violence is never ethically justified
Eric PattersonSeptember 1, 2023
Part 3 of Eric Patterson’s series on Just War
Eric PattersonAugust 25, 2023
What is the difference between a terrorist and a freedom-fighter? Part 2 of Eric Patterson’s 4-part series on Just War.
Eric PattersonAugust 18, 2023
Part I of Eric Patterson’s four part series on the Just War Tradition
Eric PattersonAugust 4, 2023
With the lines between good and evil portrayed as ever blurrier, distinguishing heroes, villains, and anti-heroes is critical
Eric PattersonMay 11, 2023
The Marshall Plan exemplified the alignment of values and interests good foreign policy should embody.
Eric PattersonApril 5, 2023
Remarks delivered by Eric Patterson at Catholic University of America on Sept. 13th, 2022 on HR 1009.
Eric PattersonFebruary 27, 2023