Just War

As should already be clear from this series’ first three essays (here, here, and here), the Christian realist just war…

Two op/ed pieces, appearing in recent days in the Wall Street Journal, take very different views of ending the war…

Ukraine is under no obligation to surrender.

The Christian realist just war tradition is primarily concerned with aiding reflection on how to meet the obligations of of love through, not despite, war

Since Azerbaijan’s aggressive war against Artsakh in 2020, considerable damage has deliberately been caused by the government of Azerbaijan against the Armenian cultural and religious heritage in Artsakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian republic in the South Caucuses.

The first in a series, this introductory essay grounds the historical development of just war tradition in Christian moral and political responsibility

American audiences are still hungry for cinematic portrayals of the old virtues: patriotism, heroism, courage, and self-sacrifice

Ukraine’s actions have been broadly reflective of the desire to protect innocents and to stop the military aggressor that is killing innocents through indiscriminate strikes.

The Catholic tradition reminds us that just war thinking is critical to peacemaking.