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Women in War Redux
Over at Cornerstone, the blog of the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, they’re running a series on women in combat. They ask:...
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The French Officers are Back
In France, the internal troubles brought about by unpopular massive migrations have added to the political elites’ increasing dependence on the injections of popular support spawned by military...
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Deploying Women to Direct Ground Combat
This article about women in direct ground combat roles first appeared in the Summer 2016 issue of Providence‘s print edition. To read the original in PDF format, click here. To receive future issues...
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Warthogs & All
Editors note: Providence continues our series of reflections addressing the foreign policy implications, opportunities, concerns, responsibilities, and predictions of the incoming Trump...
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The (Twin) Wounds of War
This article about the “twin wounds” of war, spiritual and moral injury in warriors, first appeared in the Winter 2016 issue of Providence’s print edition. To read the original in a PDF format, click...
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A President Honors Wounded Veterans: Review of George W. Bush’s Portraits of...
Antsy after leaving office, George W. Bush came across Winston Churchill’s essay about painting as a hobby and how it improved life, which inspired the former president. A self-described...
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Once the Shooting Stops: U.S. Military Forces in the Aftermath of War
“The shrinking of the armed forces is not just an economic necessity but a historical inevitability;” thus opens Drawdown: The American Way of Postwar, a fascinating analysis not of how the U.S....
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Presbyterian Church Serves Military Families with “Hail and Farewell,”...
Late last month in a northern Virginian suburb just inside the I-495 Beltway, McLean Presbyterian Church (PCA) held its second annual military hail and farewell. Traditionally, a “hail and farewell”...
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From the Trenches to the Shire and Narnia: Review of Loconte’s A Hobbit, a...
This review of Joseph Loconte’s A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War—which looks at C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien’s experiences in World War I—first appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of Providence’s...
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China and The Great Network Power
In August, Washington banned China’s Huawei. Two weeks ago, a host of other Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence companies joined it on the blacklist. Now, Chinese transportation companies...
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Of Course We Will Not Draft Our Daughters
The “enlightened” Left’s crusade for “equity” is close to hitting another milestone. Feminist-minded advocates have sought for decades to include women in a would-be draft in the name of progress and...
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Maverick’s Message
My friend and fellow Providencer Marc LiVecche describes Top Gun: Maverick as “the best sequel in cinema history.” He allows, “The only possible riposte I can think of is Godfather II,” before adding...
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Turkey’s Time has Come
NATO Needs a Suspension Mechanism Turkey’s recent decision to block the ascension of Sweden and Finland into NATO should not be surprising. Over the last several years, President Erdogan has grown...
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Myanmar: Another Market for Chinese Economic Domination
Since the February 2021 military coup, which overthrew the democratically elected government of Myanmar, at least 2,400 civilians, including prodemocracy protesters and activists, have been killed by...
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Law and Just War Tradition: Passing HR 1009
Though soldiers and military leaders are bound by Just War Tradition (JWT), members of Congress and civilian leaders are not. The passage of HR 1009, which would require the consideration of JWT...
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Surviving the Siege: The Life of the Artsakh’s Villages Under the Target of...
Since December 12, 2022, Azerbaijan has been illegally blockading Artsakh, an area historically populated by Armenians but claimed by Azerbaijan. For the last eight months, the ongoing blockade has...
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Moral vs. Immoral Resistance Part II: Dietrich Bonhoeffer vs. Colombia’s...
When looking back on the Nazi decade, roughly 1933–1945, it is easy to focus on how many Germans enthusiastically fell in line with the Nazi’s aggressive political ideology and demonically racist...
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The Burmese Military and the Separation of Military and State
For Western liberals and all those who hoped that freedom and democracy would be realized in Myanmar, the Burmese coup d’état of 2021 slammed the door shut. This, along with the arrest of Aung San...
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