Mark R. Royce, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, and author of The Political Theology of European Integration: Comparing the Influence of Religious Histories on European Policies (2017), and Ecclesiology, Idealism, and World Polity: The Concordats of the Apostolic See ([under contract] 2024), both from Palgrave Macmillan. He also attained the rank of First Lieutenant in the Virginia State Guard, and may be reached at [email protected].
Apologists of outer space exploration tout their collective efforts as the supreme manifestation of human rationality: peaceful, non-partisan, inoffensive, and humanistic. But the historical reality is that its institutional origins are largely irrational.
Mark R. RoyceAugust 25, 2020
The overall intent of Modern Papal Diplomacy and Social Teaching in World Affairs is to continue the rediscovery of theology’s influence on politics with respect to the recent papacy.
Mark R. RoyceJune 22, 2020
Senator Hawley’s Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of Righteousness is an interesting, though not altogether convincing portrayal of the 26th president as a lifelong crusader for moral action.
Mark R. RoyceFebruary 6, 2020
The text and therefore the terms of the “Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and China” have not been made public. But its probable contents can be surmised.
Mark R. RoyceJuly 12, 2019
Liberal declaration of the kind described above is generally well-intentioned. Yet as often as not, it appears to but embarrass the democrat whilst amusing the dictator.
Mark R. RoyceApril 19, 2019
The nation-state emerged in Western Europe out of the Wars of Religion as a tool of the Protestant movements.
Mark R. RoyceFebruary 6, 2019
Mark Royce explains why Canada’s defense strategy is a mediocre study unworthy of such a vitally important democratic state.
Mark R. RoyceNovember 30, 2018
Some media outlets have called Markus Söder “Germany’s Trump” and the “Merkel Slayer.” They’re wrong.
Mark R. RoyceAugust 23, 2018
Madeleine Albright’s Fascism: A Warning is both cynical and shallow.
Mark R. RoyceMay 25, 2018
The French Ministry of the Armed Forces plans to increase defense spending from about 40.8 billion euros in 2017 to 42.8 billion euros in 2018, with increases projected to continue through 2025.
Mark R. RoyceApril 10, 2018