Does Might Make Right? Individuals, Ethics, and Exceptionalism

Editor’s Note: This article is the introductory essay for Vol. 3, Iss. 1 of the Texas National Security Review. Please check it out the volume here.    Like many new professors of international relations, my early career syllabi often included Thucydides’ Melian dialogue from the History of the Peloponnesian War. In the fifth century B.C., … Continue reading Does Might Make Right? Individuals, Ethics, and Exceptionalism