War

How might the prospect of nuclear war change our bearing in regard to that final hour?

Cognitive biases make it easy to lose sight of our goal in risk assessment.

Why should military action aimed at our enemies' top brass be a stratagem that remains off the table?

How should we evaluate alternative strategies of engagement when the levels of uncertainty and risk remain so high?

A history of intervention in pro-Soviet regimes in the West undermines the US's claim to the moral high ground.

Should Big Tech intervene even if their actions threaten foreseeable harm to innocent bystanders?

Does Big Tech have a responsibility to get involved?

It is either hubris or naivete that leads us to think that we can fight others' battles for them.

How did we get here? Who is to blame? What could we have done differently? Are there any useful takeaways from the mess we find ourselves in?

There may never be a right time to withdraw, but that doesn't mean we can walk away clean.

If tear gas is a substance that is "evil in itself" (malum in se), why can police use tear gas on protesters? Just war theory provides criticism.

Establishing collective culpability is much more difficult than determining individual responsibility. What do different strategies offer and what part does language play?

Does wartime humor indicate a numbness to the violence of war or does it simply betray rising anxieties about an uncertain future?

The assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani fits uncomfortably in the Just War tradition and this complicates the US's claim to self-defense.

From the case of Edward Gallagher to recent statements by the Pope, current events encourage reflection on what it means to wage war ethically.

A holdover from a different time, the Letters of Last Resort signal a strategy of nuclear deterrence whose mode may be outdated, but whose message remains clear.

Nationalist rhetoric and policies are gaining traction, emboldening others to follow suit, and undermining our collective commitment to human rights.

Bladensburg's monument to veterans raises a number of thorny issues concerning the principle of neutrality, freedom of religion, and the foundations of law.

Why did two medical NGOs refuse to embed with Iraqi forces and provide treatment to Iraqi citizens who needed it?

North Korea's threats, most recently against Guam, pose questions of how the U.S. should ethically respond to a nuclear strike ordered by Kim Jong Un.