For over a year now, Russia has been waging a low grade war of territorial acquisition in eastern Ukraine by supplying Russian rebels with funds and weapons. While Russia continues to deny the presence of their own troops in Ukraine, most of the NATO countries aren’t buying it.
Predicting the American Response to Russia Read More »
I’m a sucker for international relations theories because they wrestle with trying to understand how the world works, how wars start and stop, why some countries get powerful and others don’t. It’s an amazing field. That being said, it’s the beginning of a new semester and I am by my class. “Perspectives in Conflict and
What is War Good For? A Plethora of International Relations Theories Read More »
I was randomly reading through old files tonight and found this. Talk about #TBT!
This is a short essay I wrote in September of 2012, shortly after the horrific attack on the American embassy in Benghazi.
#TBT: What I Wrote About the Middle East in 2012 Seems More Relevant Than Ever Read More »
While expanding economic inequality may appear to some to be a current phenomenon, its causes and effects have been a focus of concerned thought for millennia. Aristotle and John Locke give considerable attention to it in their writings.
Aristotle and Locke: Can Economic Inequality be Just? Read More »
With the conclusion of the semester last week and the finishing of my research paper, my first class in PhD studies is at an end. I loved every bit of it. The opportunity to walk into a room, sit down and dig into a two and a half hour conversation on political philosophy with an
The Surprisingly Conservative Character of Hegelian Philosophy Read More »
