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Valerie Morkevičius

Associate Professor of Political Science; Chair, Department of Political Science

Department/Office Information

Political Science, International Relations
140 Persson Hall
  • W 9:00am - 11:00am (140 Persson Hall)
  • R 10:00am - 11:00am (140 Persson Hall)
  • R 1:30pm - 2:30pm (140 Persson Hall)

Contact

(315) 228-7964

Valerie Morkevičius is the author of , 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.

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  • 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

(Cambridge University Press, 2018)

Articles

Book Chapters

 

 

Book Reviews

"Pursuing Moral Warfare: Ethics in American, British, and Israeli Counterinsurgency by Marcus Schulzke. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2019. (Review)," in Perspectives on Politics, 17(4), 1261-1262.

"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.

  • 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
  • International relations theory
  • Just War 
  • Ethics of Security, Cybersecurity, and Information Warfare
  • Religion and International Conflict
  • International Humanitarian Law