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Author Archives: Luke Ford
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Power at Harvard
Presidents, Corporation Fellows, provosts, and senior deans at Harvard University do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking languages of Veritas, Excellence, Academic Freedom, Moral Clarity, Diversity and Inclusion, or responsibility for sustaining the … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Power in the American Medical Association
High-status actors in the American Medical Association do not compete for authority by openly saying they want power. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as protecting patient welfare, safeguarding public health, and upholding the integrity of … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Power in the American Bar Association
High-status actors in the American Bar Association do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as defending the rule of law, protecting the integrity of the legal system, … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Power in Satmar
Orthodox Jews in the Satmar Hasidic community do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as fidelity to Torah, loyalty to the Rebbe, and uncompromising resistance to modern … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Power in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
High-status actors in Eastern Orthodoxy do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as fidelity to Holy Tradition, continuity with the Church Fathers, and preservation of the apostolic … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Power in the Southern Baptist Convention
High-status actors in the Southern Baptist Convention do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as faithfulness to Scripture, defense of the gospel, or stewardship of evangelistic mission. … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Power Among the Mormons
High-status actors in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as faithfulness to revelation, loyalty to priesthood order, or … Continue reading
The Vocabulary of Order: Elite Moral Claims in the 2026 Iran War
Nobody in the foreign policy establishment says they want authority over how this war is understood. They say they are protecting civilians, managing escalation, defending the rules-based order, or preventing catastrophe. That is the move. In every crisis of this … Continue reading
Buffered Guardians, Porous Fighters: The Self Assumed by the Laws of War
The history of international humanitarian law is usually told as a story about rules, institutions, and doctrines. It can also be told as a story about the kind of person those rules require. Not just the soldier or the lawyer … Continue reading
The Long Neutralization
The smoke had barely cleared over Europe in 1945 when the decision was made. The political — with its raw friend-enemy lines, its coarse loyalties, its willingness to name an adversary and fight for a particular way of life — … Continue reading