The Christian Realism of Peggy Noonan
Peggy Noonan’s “A Certain Sense of America” captures the political contradictions and controversies that have characterized the last decade as few other books have
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyFebruary 18, 2025
Is Just Statecraft Useful for Statecraft?
The intellectual formation of statesmen should focus less on theory and more on practice
Robert NicholsonFebruary 14, 2025
Justice and Strategy in Just Statecraft
The term “just statecraft” is a novel but needed term that acknowledges the just war framework’s usefulness, not just for foreign policy but all areas of grand strategy
Paul D. MillerFebruary 11, 2025
Just Statecraft: A Proposal
Introducing “just statecraft,” a new term designed to provoke discussion on the nature of responsible national leadership with reference to principles of just war and just peace
Eric PattersonFebruary 10, 2025
Supporting Brutal Dictators Is Not a ‘Realist’ Position
While some have argued that the Assad regime was a preferable alternative to rule by terrorism, the truth is that brutal dictatorships inevitably foster more extremism
Michael C. DiCiannaFebruary 5, 2025
Where MLK met Gandhi and Reinhold Niebuhr
Although MLK and Gandhi had much to disagree about with famed Christian realist Reinhold Niebuhr, their similarities are in some ways more pronounced than their differences
James RowellJanuary 20, 2025
Was St. Paul a Christian Realist?
Romans 13 is often thought of as a key passage in political theology, but how should it be applied to international relations?
Tim MiloschNovember 18, 2024
Atrocities Make Military Intervention a Right and a Duty
Nations are sovereign, but that sovereignty does not override the essential human dignity of all persons which, when horribly violated, necessitates an international response
J. Daryl CharlesOctober 24, 2024
On Ukraine, J.D. Vance Should Heed His Fellow Catholics
JD Vance’s approach to Ukraine seems closer to the isolationist realism of the MAGA establishment than the moral realism characteristic of the Catholic international relations tradition
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyOctober 2, 2024
