As the characteristics of war change, the ethical evaluation of conflict has become an important discussion in Just War theory. Leading scholars in the Just War Tradition, Professor Anthony Lang and Professor Nicholas Rengger will join together to discuss ‘Whose Wars, Which Justice? The Continuing Relevance of the Just War Tradition.’ They will examine the importance not just of the ethical evaluation of war, but also the history of the Just War Tradition and its implications in modern society.
Professor Anthony F Lang, Jr holds a Chair in International Political Theory in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He is also the founder and Director of the Centre for Global Constitutionalism. He received his BA in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1990 and his MA and PhD in political science from Johns Hopkins University in 1996. He was an assistant professor of political science at the American University in Cairo, Egypt from 1996-2000. From 2000-2003, he served as a programme officer at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, where he directed programmes on ethics and the use of force, religion and US foreign policy, and ethics in higher education. Prior to arriving in St Andrews in 2004, he taught courses at Yale University, Bard College and Albright College. His research focuses on the intersection of law, politics, and ethics at the global level. He has published articles and books on humanitarian intervention, the just war tradition, punishment and responsibility in international law, Middle East politics, and global constitutionalism. His most recent edited volume explores the nature of authority in the just war tradition.
Professor Nicholas Rengger is Professor of Political Theory and International Relations at St Andrews and between January 2013 and 31 July 2106, will also be the Head of the School of International Relations. He is also currrently (2011-2014) a Carnegie Council Global Ethics Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs, New York. He has held visiting positions at the London School of Economics (1992), University of Southern California (1995-6), and the Centre for Theology and Philosophy at the University Of Nottingham (2010), and has served on the Executive of the British International Studies Association (2003-2010), the Governing Council of the International Studies Association (2000-2001) and the Governing Council of the Royal Institute for International Affairs, Chatham House (1997-2001).