Robert Joustra

Robert J. Joustra is professor of politics and international studies at Redeemer University, outside Toronto, Canada. He is a senior editor with The Review of Faith & International Affairs and author most recently of Christ & Covenant in Global Politics: A Christian Introduction to International Relations.

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Ep. 105 | Will the Iran War Prove Prudent or a Waste of Political Capital?

While Iran’s theocratic regime should be overturned, will Operation Epic Fury ultimately bring this goal closer to fruition or exhaust the patience of the American electorate with wars in the Middle East?

Ep. 103 | Just War & Operation EPIC FURY in Iran

Does Operation EPIC FURY fall into the category of a ‘just war’? Providence editors James Diddams and Marc LiVecche discuss with Redeemer University’s Robert Joustra

Which Is More Durable: Iran’s Regime or Trump’s Commitment to Regime Change?

The decisive strategic question in Iran is whether the regime’s will to survive can outlast Trump’s determination to bring about regime change

Welcome to Xi Jinping’s World Order, New & Old

Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy both predicts American decline and then works to accelerate it by walking away from the network of allies the US needs to sustain its hegemony

Martin Wight’s Postliberal Idealism

In “The Deeper Revolution How Worldviews Shape Western International Politics,” Emily Lange recovers the historically substantial and theologically rich deconstructions of the international system articulated by Martin Wight

Ep. 95 | Why We Need the Apocalypse

James Diddams and Robert Nicholson interview Redeemer University’s Robert Joustra on the role of the apocalypse and the eschaton in fiction as well as international relations

Herbert Butterfield’s Antinuclear Christian Realism

Herbert Butterfield, despite having been one of the world’s foremost Christian Realists, was deeply conflicted on nuclear arms.

The Unhappy Narcissism of Missionary Modernity: A Review of Jocelyn Cesari’s We God’s People
The Unhappy Narcissism of Missionary Modernity: A Review of Jocelyn Cesari’s We God’s People

Jocelyn Cesari’s latest—”We God’s People: Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the World of Nations”—will take readers’ full attention. She does not suffer fools, either in style or substance, but those who come with a bit of background and an honest and sincere interest are not likely to find many her match.

In Defense of Christian Realism
In Defense of Christian Realism

Eric Patterson and Robert Joustra discuss their recently released book, “Power Politics and Moral Order,” and defend the necessity of a Christian realist framework with which to pursue political ends.

Solving the Nuclear Puzzle: A Review of Lieber and Press’ The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution
Solving the Nuclear Puzzle: A Review of Lieber and Press’ The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution

Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press argue in “The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution” that the Atomic Age isn’t too different from other ages. Geopolitical rivalries, arms races, military doctrines, stalemates, and much else are still the same.