Nicholas Rengger spent much of his career thinking and writing on the phenomenon of war. Eschewing any optimistic view that war could be abolished he also challenged the application of Just War theory to explain and justify the use of military force after the events of 9/11. His intellectual interactions with Jean Bethke Elshtain highlighted his growing unease with those in International Relations who sought to render palatable the use of torture, extraordinary rendition and technological ‘fixes’ in the pursuit of Western interests.

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尼古拉斯·伦格和两场战争

尼古拉斯·伦格 (Nicholas Rengger) 职业生涯的大部分时间都在思考和撰写战争现象。回避任何关于战争可以被废除的乐观观点，他还挑战了正义战争理论的应用，以解释和证明 9/11 事件后使用军事力量的合理性。他与让·贝思克·埃尔什坦 (Jean Bethke Elshtain) 的智力互动突显了他对国际关系领域的人日益感到不安，这些人试图为追求西方利益而使用酷刑、非凡的演绎和技术“修复”。