Just War Tradition

I appreciate Michael McKoy’s recent “What Does Pacifism Have to Say About Ukraine?” But I remain unimpressed by the pacifist view.

Joseph Capizzi discusses just war theory’s relationship to politics and morality. The following is a transcript of the lecture. Um,…

Pacifism argues that the only means of breaking the cycles of violence is to recognize the short-term and long-term devastation of war, examine the decisions and dynamics that perpetuate these cycles, and make the tough decisions necessary to reject violence and ensure peace.

As the Russia-Ukraine War continues, is World War III inevitable—or has a new kind of world war already begun?

Marc LiVecche discusses the just war tradition, Christian realism, and foreign policy objectives. The following is a transcript of the…

If order is the attainable and justice the possible, then (re)conciliation is the desirable. Conciliation is future-focused in that it sees former enemies as partners in a shared future.

The West is not responsible for Putin’s war. But Western democracies are responsible for whether they live by the values that set them apart from the values that animate Putin’s imperial fantasy, and for whether they defend those values against attack.

Marc LiVecche gave a talk in Washington, DC, about the just war tradition and the Russia-Ukraine War.

When we bandy about “war crimes,” “assassination,” and other terms, we ought to consider what we are talking about and, if appropriate, what the available mechanisms for justice are.