Just War and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: A Talk at Patrick Henry College

Eric Patterson, Ph.D., is President & CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, DC and scholar-at-large and past dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University. He is also a contributing editor for Providence. His expertise, informed by time at the US Department of State and in the military, is on just war thinking, the nexus of religion and national security, and Christian Realism. He is the author or editor of 22 books, including Just American Wars, Politics in a Religious World, and Ending Wars Well.

Gordon R. Middleton is the Director of the Strategic Intelligence Program at Patrick Henry College, in Purcellville, Virginia, where he has taught for the past nineteen years. He retired from the U.S. Air Force with the rank of Colonel and served in senior civilian positions in multiple government agencies. Please note that the opinions and characterizations in this piece are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the US government.