Christian Braun
@christianbraun612.bsky.social
Director Institute for Peace and Military Ethics (IFME), Saarländer.
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‘If jus ad vim is to provide to provide practical guidance, it must account for how such force can be terminated responsibly and how political actors can facilitate peace’ write @christianbraun612.bsky.social, Daniel Brunstetter & Esther Reed.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag125
https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag125
October 1, 2026 at 8:00 AM
‘If jus ad vim is to provide to provide practical guidance, it must account for how such force can be terminated responsibly and how political actors can facilitate peace’ write @christianbraun612.bsky.social, Daniel Brunstetter & Esther Reed.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag125
https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag125
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Investigating Rwanda's March 23 Movement, @christianbraun612.bsky.social and Jonathan David Thompson use a jus ad vim lens to examine how force-short-of-war complicates authority, restraint and escalation.
📖 https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag123
📖 https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag123
September 24, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Investigating Rwanda's March 23 Movement, @christianbraun612.bsky.social and Jonathan David Thompson use a jus ad vim lens to examine how force-short-of-war complicates authority, restraint and escalation.
📖 https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag123
📖 https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag123
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📢 NEW ISSUE ALERT!
The Sept issue features a special section on Jus ad vim at 20: on the continued relevance of force-short-of-war with 11 articles on the ethics of force-short-of-war. It also includes 6 articles, a policy paper and 14 book reviews.
academic.oup.com/ia/issue/102/5
The Sept issue features a special section on Jus ad vim at 20: on the continued relevance of force-short-of-war with 11 articles on the ethics of force-short-of-war. It also includes 6 articles, a policy paper and 14 book reviews.
academic.oup.com/ia/issue/102/5
September 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM
📢 NEW ISSUE ALERT!
The Sept issue features a special section on Jus ad vim at 20: on the continued relevance of force-short-of-war with 11 articles on the ethics of force-short-of-war. It also includes 6 articles, a policy paper and 14 book reviews.
academic.oup.com/ia/issue/102/5
The Sept issue features a special section on Jus ad vim at 20: on the continued relevance of force-short-of-war with 11 articles on the ethics of force-short-of-war. It also includes 6 articles, a policy paper and 14 book reviews.
academic.oup.com/ia/issue/102/5
Reposted by Christian Braun
My latest article is now out (open access) in @iajournal.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
Many thanks to @christianbraun612.bsky.social, Esther G. Reed, and Daniel R Brunstetter for editing the special section.
Many thanks to @christianbraun612.bsky.social, Esther G. Reed, and Daniel R Brunstetter for editing the special section.
Forecasting-informed foreign policy decision-making: the case of jus ad vim
This article looks at how forecasting techniques can mitigate cognitive biases and improve decision-making procedures, using evidence-based forecasting ana
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September 10, 2026 at 2:57 PM
My latest article is now out (open access) in @iajournal.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
Many thanks to @christianbraun612.bsky.social, Esther G. Reed, and Daniel R Brunstetter for editing the special section.
Many thanks to @christianbraun612.bsky.social, Esther G. Reed, and Daniel R Brunstetter for editing the special section.
📣 Our New Logo – Institute for Peace and Military Ethics (IFME) 📣
At its heart are the dove of peace and the oak leaf. Catholic tradition challenges us to seek, promote and preserve peace. At the same time, peace cannot be taken for granted and may need to be defended.
#peace #ethics #military
At its heart are the dove of peace and the oak leaf. Catholic tradition challenges us to seek, promote and preserve peace. At the same time, peace cannot be taken for granted and may need to be defended.
#peace #ethics #military
June 16, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I am deeply honoured and grateful to share that I have been inaugurated as the new Director of the Institute for Peace and Military Ethics (IFME).
I am excited for this new chapter and for the opportunity to help shape the future work of IFME.
I am excited for this new chapter and for the opportunity to help shape the future work of IFME.
June 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I am deeply honoured and grateful to share that I have been inaugurated as the new Director of the Institute for Peace and Military Ethics (IFME).
I am excited for this new chapter and for the opportunity to help shape the future work of IFME.
I am excited for this new chapter and for the opportunity to help shape the future work of IFME.
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Heute um 12 Uhr! Lunch Lecture: Donald Trump vs. Leo XIV? Der Irankrieg aus Sicht der katholischen Friedenslehre! Wir sprechen mit Dr. @christianbraun612.bsky.social über den Zwist zwischen Papst und Präsident - join us: atlantischeakademie.clickmeeting.com/pope/register
May 26, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Heute um 12 Uhr! Lunch Lecture: Donald Trump vs. Leo XIV? Der Irankrieg aus Sicht der katholischen Friedenslehre! Wir sprechen mit Dr. @christianbraun612.bsky.social über den Zwist zwischen Papst und Präsident - join us: atlantischeakademie.clickmeeting.com/pope/register
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Paid fellowship in awesome Hamburg in the field of ethics in international security. Fantastic opportunity for a PhD or new graduate - APPLY!
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Paid fellowship in awesome Hamburg in the field of ethics in international security. Fantastic opportunity for a PhD or new graduate - APPLY!
📣We are hiring!📣
The Institute for Theology and Peace and the Center for Ethical Education in the Armed Forces are accepting applications for the first Pater Reinisch Fellowship, aimed at outstanding early-career scholars working on ethics in international security.
The Institute for Theology and Peace and the Center for Ethical Education in the Armed Forces are accepting applications for the first Pater Reinisch Fellowship, aimed at outstanding early-career scholars working on ethics in international security.
November 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
📣We are hiring!📣
The Institute for Theology and Peace and the Center for Ethical Education in the Armed Forces are accepting applications for the first Pater Reinisch Fellowship, aimed at outstanding early-career scholars working on ethics in international security.
The Institute for Theology and Peace and the Center for Ethical Education in the Armed Forces are accepting applications for the first Pater Reinisch Fellowship, aimed at outstanding early-career scholars working on ethics in international security.
📣WE ARE HIRING📣
Das Institut für Theologie und Frieden (ithf) und das Zentrum für ethische Bildung in den Streitkräften (zebis) vergeben erstmals ein Fellowship für herausragende Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen, die sich mit Ethik in der Sicherheitspolitik beschäftigen.
Das Institut für Theologie und Frieden (ithf) und das Zentrum für ethische Bildung in den Streitkräften (zebis) vergeben erstmals ein Fellowship für herausragende Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen, die sich mit Ethik in der Sicherheitspolitik beschäftigen.
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📣WE ARE HIRING📣
Das Institut für Theologie und Frieden (ithf) und das Zentrum für ethische Bildung in den Streitkräften (zebis) vergeben erstmals ein Fellowship für herausragende Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen, die sich mit Ethik in der Sicherheitspolitik beschäftigen.
Das Institut für Theologie und Frieden (ithf) und das Zentrum für ethische Bildung in den Streitkräften (zebis) vergeben erstmals ein Fellowship für herausragende Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen, die sich mit Ethik in der Sicherheitspolitik beschäftigen.
Exciting news: I have been appointed director of the Institute for Theology and Peace (ITHF) & the Centre for Ethical Education in the Armed Forces (zebis).
In the coming months, both institutions will merge into a new think tank—linking theology, ethics & security policy in fresh dialogue.
#PME
In the coming months, both institutions will merge into a new think tank—linking theology, ethics & security policy in fresh dialogue.
#PME
October 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Exciting news: I have been appointed director of the Institute for Theology and Peace (ITHF) & the Centre for Ethical Education in the Armed Forces (zebis).
In the coming months, both institutions will merge into a new think tank—linking theology, ethics & security policy in fresh dialogue.
#PME
In the coming months, both institutions will merge into a new think tank—linking theology, ethics & security policy in fresh dialogue.
#PME
Seit gestern habe ich eine neue Aufgabe: Ich leite jetzt das Institut für Theologie und Frieden & das Zentrum für ethische Bildung in den Streitkräften. Beide Einrichtungen werden bald zu einem neuen Think Tank zusammengeführt – an der Schnittstelle von Theologie, Ethik & Sicherheitspolitik.
October 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Seit gestern habe ich eine neue Aufgabe: Ich leite jetzt das Institut für Theologie und Frieden & das Zentrum für ethische Bildung in den Streitkräften. Beide Einrichtungen werden bald zu einem neuen Think Tank zusammengeführt – an der Schnittstelle von Theologie, Ethik & Sicherheitspolitik.
Delighted to receive a physical copy of my latest publication. In this new book on Just War Theory and Artificial Intelligence, Bernhard Koch and I argue about the morality of fully autonomous armed drones. We ground our argument in the Catholic tradition.
September 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Delighted to receive a physical copy of my latest publication. In this new book on Just War Theory and Artificial Intelligence, Bernhard Koch and I argue about the morality of fully autonomous armed drones. We ground our argument in the Catholic tradition.
I've published a thing! Here's a link to my Defence-in-Depth blog entry titled "Germany, Weapons for Ukraine, and Jus ad Vim." www.kcl.ac.uk/germany-weap...
Germany, Weapons for Ukraine, and "Jus ad Vim"
Dr Christian Braun examines Germany’s evolving stance on arming Ukraine through the ethical lens of jus ad vim, highlighting the moral dilemmas of force short of war.
www.kcl.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've published a thing! Here's a link to my Defence-in-Depth blog entry titled "Germany, Weapons for Ukraine, and Jus ad Vim." www.kcl.ac.uk/germany-weap...
Fantastic conference on "Just War and Just Peace" organised by the Ludovica University of Public Service and Pázmány Peter Catholic University. A keynote by Card. Michael Czerny SJ as well as thought-provoking discussions. And all of that in stunningly beautiful Budapest.
June 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Fantastic conference on "Just War and Just Peace" organised by the Ludovica University of Public Service and Pázmány Peter Catholic University. A keynote by Card. Michael Czerny SJ as well as thought-provoking discussions. And all of that in stunningly beautiful Budapest.
Very exciting to see the cover of this forthcoming book on Just War Theory and AI. To this volume, Bernhard Koch (Institut für Wehrmedizinische Ethik der Bundeswehr) and I contribute a chapter titled “On the Morality of Fully-Autonomous Armed Drones.” @dsdkings.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Very exciting to see the cover of this forthcoming book on Just War Theory and AI. To this volume, Bernhard Koch (Institut für Wehrmedizinische Ethik der Bundeswehr) and I contribute a chapter titled “On the Morality of Fully-Autonomous Armed Drones.” @dsdkings.bsky.social
📚Book Review📚
Amazing review of Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition in Ethics & International Affairs by the fantastic @rorycox.bsky.social.
@dsdkings.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Amazing review of Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition in Ethics & International Affairs by the fantastic @rorycox.bsky.social.
@dsdkings.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition, by Christian Nikolaus Braun, (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2023), 288 pp., cloth $134.95, paperback $44.95. | Ethics & Int...
Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition, by Christian Nikolaus Braun, (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2023), 288 pp., cloth 44.95.
www.cambridge.org
March 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
📚Book Review📚
Amazing review of Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition in Ethics & International Affairs by the fantastic @rorycox.bsky.social.
@dsdkings.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Amazing review of Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition in Ethics & International Affairs by the fantastic @rorycox.bsky.social.
@dsdkings.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📚Author copy📚
Wonderful to receive a physical copy of the latest International Affairs issue that includes my #openaccess article “Weapons for Ukraine as force-short-of-war.” @chathamhouse.bsky.social @dsdkings.bsky.social
Here is a link to the article:
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
Wonderful to receive a physical copy of the latest International Affairs issue that includes my #openaccess article “Weapons for Ukraine as force-short-of-war.” @chathamhouse.bsky.social @dsdkings.bsky.social
Here is a link to the article:
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
February 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📚Author copy📚
Wonderful to receive a physical copy of the latest International Affairs issue that includes my #openaccess article “Weapons for Ukraine as force-short-of-war.” @chathamhouse.bsky.social @dsdkings.bsky.social
Here is a link to the article:
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
Wonderful to receive a physical copy of the latest International Affairs issue that includes my #openaccess article “Weapons for Ukraine as force-short-of-war.” @chathamhouse.bsky.social @dsdkings.bsky.social
Here is a link to the article:
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
January 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📚Author copy📚
Wonderful to receive a physical copy of the latest International Affairs issue that includes my #openaccess article “Weapons for Ukraine as force-short-of-war.” @chathamhouse.bsky.social @dsdkings.bsky.social
Here is a link to the article:
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
Wonderful to receive a physical copy of the latest International Affairs issue that includes my #openaccess article “Weapons for Ukraine as force-short-of-war.” @chathamhouse.bsky.social @dsdkings.bsky.social
Here is a link to the article:
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
❗ Review ❗
📷Fantastic to see my book Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition reviewed in the Journal of Religious Ethics by the most wonderful John Kelsay (Florida State University).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📷Fantastic to see my book Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition reviewed in the Journal of Religious Ethics by the most wonderful John Kelsay (Florida State University).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Peacebuilding and the Use of Force: A Review Essay
Discussion of the ethics of war has long been a subject of essays published in the Journal of Religious Ethics (JRE). This essay focuses on three recent books that deal with various aspects of that t...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
❗ Review ❗
📷Fantastic to see my book Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition reviewed in the Journal of Religious Ethics by the most wonderful John Kelsay (Florida State University).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📷Fantastic to see my book Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition reviewed in the Journal of Religious Ethics by the most wonderful John Kelsay (Florida State University).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Holy War to Justify an Unjust War?
Please join us for a fascinating talk by Dr Yuri Stoyanov
@soasuni.bsky.social on the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the War against Ukraine.
📅 21 Jan | 📷13:00 | 📷 online
@dsdkings.bsky.social
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/holy-...
Please join us for a fascinating talk by Dr Yuri Stoyanov
@soasuni.bsky.social on the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the War against Ukraine.
📅 21 Jan | 📷13:00 | 📷 online
@dsdkings.bsky.social
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/holy-...
Holy War to Justify an Unjust War? The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the War against Ukraine
Discover how the Russian Orthodox Church’s "holy war" ideology is reshaping geopolitics with Dr Yuri Stoyanov.
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Holy War to Justify an Unjust War?
Please join us for a fascinating talk by Dr Yuri Stoyanov
@soasuni.bsky.social on the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the War against Ukraine.
📅 21 Jan | 📷13:00 | 📷 online
@dsdkings.bsky.social
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/holy-...
Please join us for a fascinating talk by Dr Yuri Stoyanov
@soasuni.bsky.social on the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the War against Ukraine.
📅 21 Jan | 📷13:00 | 📷 online
@dsdkings.bsky.social
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/holy-...
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What are the ethical implications of sending weapons to #Ukraine under "jus ad vim"?
Dr @christianbraun612.bsky.social's new article explores the moral challenges of providing lethal aid, focusing on the German debate & principles like the "probability of escalation."
Read:
👉 bit.ly/3CafSvT
Dr @christianbraun612.bsky.social's new article explores the moral challenges of providing lethal aid, focusing on the German debate & principles like the "probability of escalation."
Read:
👉 bit.ly/3CafSvT
January 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What are the ethical implications of sending weapons to #Ukraine under "jus ad vim"?
Dr @christianbraun612.bsky.social's new article explores the moral challenges of providing lethal aid, focusing on the German debate & principles like the "probability of escalation."
Read:
👉 bit.ly/3CafSvT
Dr @christianbraun612.bsky.social's new article explores the moral challenges of providing lethal aid, focusing on the German debate & principles like the "probability of escalation."
Read:
👉 bit.ly/3CafSvT
❗Publication❗
Delighted to see “Weapons for Ukraine as force-short-of-war” published in #InternationaAffairs. Concentrating on the German 🇩🇪 debate, I explore the supply of weapons to Ukraine 🇺🇦 through the prism of jus ad vim (the just use of force-short-of-war).
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
Delighted to see “Weapons for Ukraine as force-short-of-war” published in #InternationaAffairs. Concentrating on the German 🇩🇪 debate, I explore the supply of weapons to Ukraine 🇺🇦 through the prism of jus ad vim (the just use of force-short-of-war).
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
Weapons for Ukraine as force-short-of-war
Using the framing of jus ad vim–the just use of force-short-of-war–this article situates the polarized debate over the ethics of supplying weapons to Ukrai
academic.oup.com
January 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
❗Publication❗
Delighted to see “Weapons for Ukraine as force-short-of-war” published in #InternationaAffairs. Concentrating on the German 🇩🇪 debate, I explore the supply of weapons to Ukraine 🇺🇦 through the prism of jus ad vim (the just use of force-short-of-war).
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
Delighted to see “Weapons for Ukraine as force-short-of-war” published in #InternationaAffairs. Concentrating on the German 🇩🇪 debate, I explore the supply of weapons to Ukraine 🇺🇦 through the prism of jus ad vim (the just use of force-short-of-war).
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
Delighted to have received a physical copy of Just War Thinkers Revisited. This edited volume includes my chapter on Pope Francis.
December 17, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Delighted to have received a physical copy of Just War Thinkers Revisited. This edited volume includes my chapter on Pope Francis.
Very honoured to be speaking to the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union on ethical issues related to the war against Ukraine this afternoon.
December 10, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Very honoured to be speaking to the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union on ethical issues related to the war against Ukraine this afternoon.