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MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Scientific Man vs. Power Politics: A Pamphlet and Its Author between Two Academic Cultures
This monograph reflects Morgenthau’s peculiar situation, as he inhabits two sometimes crucially different semantic and cultural contexts, but fails to bridge or broker them.
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Politics Among Nations: Revisiting a Classic
Morgenthau published Politics Among Nations in the United States in 1948 with the stated purpose of serving his fellow countrymen. But is it truly an American ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Conflict in Ukraine: The Unwinding of the Post–Cold War International Order
Rajan Menon and Eugene Rumer try to make sense of the Ukraine crisis for a general audience. The book’s major contribution lies in its ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
The Assault on International Law
Jens David Ohlin seeks to expose the shaky social scientific and philosophical foundations of what he calls “New Realism,” which questions whether international law can ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Jus ad Vim: A Rejoinder to Helen Frowe
Frowe argues from the revisionist just war position, accepting that this is the correct interpretation of just war principles. This view misses something important about ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
On the Redundancy of Jus ad Vim: A Response to Daniel Brunstetter and Megan Braun
The set of principles proposed by Brunstetter and Braun to comprise jus ad vim is redundant, and the project stems from a largely implausible understanding ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Robots and Respect: Assessing the Case Against Autonomous Weapon Systems
There is increasing speculation within military and policy circles that the future of armed conflict is likely to include extensive deployment of autonomous weapon systems. ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Democracies and the Power to Revoke Citizenship
This article assesses the justifications given for the claimed power to revoke citizenship in democratic states and concludes that, ultimately, such a power is incompatible ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Death of the Statesman as Tragic Hero: Hans Morgenthau on the Vietnam War
During the Vietnam War, Morgenthau came to see the growth of the national security state and the unaccountable exercise of executive power as a twin ...