May 08, 2017
Protectionism as Cronyism
Supporters of protectionism such as President Trump say that they are trying to save jobs in the United States. What’s wrong, they ask, with showing some solicitude and help to our…
Author: Fernando Teson
April 14, 2017
The Syrian Bombings and Just War Theory, Part II
Our previous posts disclosed the central disagreement that Bas and I have regarding humanitarian intervention. Bas thinks that the commander’s ex ante decision to intervene can almost never be justified…
April 08, 2017
The Syrian Strikes and Just War Theory
On April 6 President Trump ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airbase ostensibly in retaliation for Al Assad’s lethal gassing of civilians three days earlier. Bas van der Vossen and…
March 16, 2017
Does Constitutional Law Exist?
A federal judge in Hawaii has temporarily blocked the government’s revised Executive Order on immigration. I‘m glad he did this, because I regard the EO as wrong and counterproductive. But…
January 13, 2017
Intervention and Revolution
I’ve been writing lately about war. Bas van der Vossen and I have a volume upcoming at Oxford University Press entitled Debating Humanitarian Intervention. Today I published a post over at…
November 27, 2016
Some Thoughts on Identity Politics
I have been thinking lately about identity politics. More precisely, why so many people deeply committed to nondiscrimination nevertheless are uncomfortable with identity politics. An initial difficulty is to define…