Corgan in CSM on When a President is Morally Forced to Act
Michael Corgan, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, was recently interviewed on the moral obligation of the President of the United States to involve the country in conflicts overseas. Corgan discussed the issue from a historical perspective.
Corgan was interviewed for an October 3, 2016 article in the Christian Science Monitor entitled From Aleppo to Rwanda, When Is a President Morally Forced to Act?
From the text of the article:
“For almost 100 years after John Quincy Adams we simply don’t have the competency to intervene, and then when we do – from Wilson on – it becomes, ‘When we can intervene, we will,’ ” says Michael Corgan, an associate professor of international relations at Boston University. “It’s erratic, but consideration of what some would call the ‘moral aspects’ enter the picture” from there on.
You can read the entire article here.
Affiliated with Boston University since 1985, Prof. Corgan has also served as Chairman of the Department of Naval Science. He has participated in extensive government service in political and military planning (especially NATO). He also is a regularly appearing media analyst on security and political affairs for many Icelandic and Boston media outlets. Learn more about him here.