Podcasts
Can America Still Govern Itself? With Lanhee Chen
Hoover Institution fellow Lanhee Chen on why good policy so often fails politically.
October 20, 2026
Published February 14, 2023
Reports from the invasion of Ukraine strongly suggest that Russia and its leaders have committed war crimes against the Ukrainian people in defiance of international human right standards. Russia’s unprovoked act of aggression and attacks on civilians in urban centers are crimes against humanity. And countless bombings, like that of a maternity hospital in Mariupol, are clear violations of the Geneva Conventions.
Discussion Questions:
- Are the consequences to breaking the Nuremberg principles too light if they are being broken?
- Are there any downsides with the Nuremberg principles?
Additional Resources:
- Watch “War Crimes in Ukraine: The Pursuit of International Justice,” with H. R. McMaster and David Schwendiman, on Battlegrounds. Available here.
- Read “NATO’s Nordic Realignment,” by Thomas Henriksen via Defining Ideas. Available here.
- Watch “Second Fronts in Great-Power Conflicts,” with Russell Berman and Michael Auslin, on PolicyEd. Available here.
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