Author: michaeldesch

Packey J. Dee Professor of International Relations, University of Notre Dame; Brian and Jeannelle Brady Family Director of the Notre Dame International Security Center.

Articles

The Iran Deal: Not Perfect, but the Best Possible

Oct 8, 2015 | Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Nuclear Disarmament, Sanctions

Michael C. Desch Michael C. Desch is Professor of Political Science and Co-director of the Notre Dame International Security Program. Winston Churchill famously said of democracy that it was the worst form of government except for all the others. The same could be...

A Necessary War Taken to Unnecessary Extremes

Oct 1, 2009 | Counterterrorism, War

Michael Desch The United States’ military response to Al Qaeda in Afghanistan following 9/11 was morally justified. It was an act of self-defense against a dangerous Taliban regime in cahoots with the perpetrators of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the...