Just War Tradition

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

The Necessity of Nuremberg

80 years since the Nuremberg trials, it is necessary to recall the precedent that was set in international justice at the close of WWII

When Soldiers Pray: Reconciling God’s Peace with the Violence of War

Can a Christian pray to the God of peace before killing in battle? This question haunts every military chaplain who has blessed troops before combat, every believer who has worn both cross and uniform, every church that has sent its members to war

Ep. 101 | So Reinhold Niebuhr and John Wesley Walk into a Bar…

Can you be a Wesleyan Protestant and a Christian realist? Mark Tooley, an ardent Methodist, and Robert Nicholson discuss this question on the latest Provcast

Calvin, Theocracy, and Holy War 

Without a principled separation between spiritual and civil authority, as Calvin envisioned, we risk forsaking the restraint and representative justice that anchor a free and ordered society

Pope Leo on the Lion and the Lamb

Alas, Pope Leo’s admonition to choose “dialogue, diplomacy and peace” is not within the purview of either Iran’s theocratic vision or its military mafia.

Israel, Iran and the Theory of Total War

The lessons of history show that, without a truly decisive victory in favor of one side over the other, further conflicts are only more likely

Post Nicene Council and the Militant Church

The Council of Nicaea marked a turning point in the integration of Christians into Roman society, not only civilly but also militarily.

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Combat Ethics, Warrior Ethos, and Moral Injury

If just war tradition requires particular kinds of warriors to fight just wars justly, we owe those particular kinds of warriors particularly kinds of things

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