Keith Pavlischek

Keith Pavlischek, contributing editor, is a military affairs expert with a focus on just war theory and the ethics of war. He retired as a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2007 after thirty years of active and reserve service having served in Desert Storm, Bosnia, Iraq, with the U.S. Central Command, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He is the author of John Courtney Murray and the Dilemma of Religious Toleration (1994) and numerous articles, including a chapter on the ethics of asymmetric warfare in the Ashgate Research Companion to Military Ethics (2015).
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How the Bush Administration Failed: A Review of Robert Draper’s To Start a War
How the Bush Administration Failed: A Review of Robert Draper’s To Start a War

Robert Draper’s book To Start a War details why the Bush administration made a gravely mistaken decision, despite having clearly met the jus ad bellum criteria of “right intention.”

Keith PavlischekMay 21, 2021

True North, Ep. 12 | A Continued Conversation on Race, the Church, and Politics
True North, Ep. 12 | A Continued Conversation on Race, the Church, and Politics

Marc LiVecche, Derryck Green, and Keith Pavlischek continue their conversation on race, the church, and politics.

Marc LiVecche & Derryck Green & Keith PavlischekApril 9, 2021

True North, Ep. 11 | A Discussion on a New Poll about the Black Church
True North, Ep. 11 | A Discussion on a New Poll about the Black Church

Marc LiVecche, Derryck Green, and Keith Pavlischek discuss a recent poll from Pew Research about the Black church and spirituality in America.

Marc LiVecche & Derryck Green & Keith PavlischekMarch 26, 2021

Christians, Washington Is Only a Waystation
Mob Violence and “Reciprocal Violence”: Then and Now

Mob violence cannot be tolerated, and when threatened should be met with overwhelming force—as a deterrent, and with proportional and discriminant force, or “reciprocal violence” if you prefer—without apology, with far less concern for “optics,” and without any concern for the ideology of the mob if deterrence fails.

Keith PavlischekJanuary 20, 2021

Ep. 56 | From Kenosha to “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”

In this episode of the ProvCast, executive editor Marc LiVecche speaks with senior editor Keith Pavlischek about a variety of…

Marc LiVecche & Keith PavlischekSeptember 25, 2020

Keith Pavlischek Lecture: “Christianity & Pacifism”

The following lecture was recorded during Providence’s 2017 Christianity and National Security Conference. Keith Pavlischek discusses the history of pacifism…

Keith PavlischekOctober 19, 2017

Chalk Dust on Our Cleats Book Review Michael Hayden Playing to the Edge American Intelligence Age of Terror
Chalk Dust on Our Cleats

It would be, quite simply, impossible to find a person better positioned to write on “American Intelligence in the Age of Terror” over the past two decades than Michael Hayden.

Keith PavlischekDecember 27, 2016

Donald Trump
The Donald Trumps Morality

Donald Trump’s comments about going after terrorists’ families are immoral and point to common misconceptions about the ethics of war

Keith PavlischekDecember 3, 2015