
Valerie Morkevičius
Valerie Morkevičius is the author of Realist Ethics: Just War Traditions as Power Politics, which uses an exploration of the history of the Christian, Islamic, and Hindu traditions to reveal that just war thinking is no stranger to pragmatic politics. Her other work focuses on the intersection between power and ethics, and the applicability of traditional just war thinking to contemporary challenges, including cyberwarfare and information warfare.
Follow her on Twitter at @vmorkevicius.
- PhD, University of Chicago, Political Science, 2008
- MA, University of Chicago, Committee on International Relations, 2000
- BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, East Asian Languages and Cultures/French, 1999
Book
Realist Ethics: Just War Traditions as Power Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Articles
“Why We Need a Just Rebellion Theory,” in Ethics and International Affairs, 27(4), 2013, 401-411.
Book Chapters
Book Reviews
"Outsourcing War: The Just War Tradition in the Age of Military Privatization by Amy E. Eckert. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2015. (Review)," Political Science Quarterly, 132(2), 2017, 272-275.
"Re-Thinking Legitimate Authority: Incorporating Non-State Actors into the Just War Framework,” Review of Ethics, Authority and War: Non-State Actors and the Just War Tradition, Eric A. Heinze and Brent J. Steele, eds., (New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan, 2009), International Studies Review, 16(1), 2014, 158-160.
- International relations theory
- Just War
- Ethics of Security, Cybersecurity, and Information Warfare
- Religion and International Conflict
- International Humanitarian Law
- Research Fellow, Stockdale Center for Ethics and Leadership, United States Naval Academy 2010-2011
- Visiting Assistant Professor, DePaul University, 2008-2010
- Lecturer, Saint Xavier University, 2006-2008