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Author Archives: Luke Ford
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Seventh-day Adventist Authority
Seventh-day Adventists do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as faithfulness to Scripture, loyalty to prophetic guidance, or responsibility for the church’s global mission. This is the … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Orthodox Jewish Authority
Orthodox Jewish high-status actors do not compete for authority by openly claiming they want power. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as fidelity to Torah, continuity of tradition, or protection of the community. This is the … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Australia’s Master Institutions
Australia’s high-status actors do not compete for power by openly claiming it. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as practical, responsible, and necessary for stability and prosperity. This is the core insight of David Pinsof‘s Alliance … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for England’s Master Institutions
England’s high-status actors do not compete for power by openly claiming it. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as constitutional, responsible, and necessary for national stability. This is the core insight of David Pinsof‘s Alliance Theory. … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for France’s Master Institutions
France’s high-status actors do not compete for power by openly claiming it. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as republican, rational, and necessary for the nation. This is the core insight of David Pinsof‘s Alliance Theory. … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Russia’s Master Institutions
Russia’s high-status actors do not compete for power by openly claiming it. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as necessary for stability, sovereignty, and national survival. This is the core insight of David Pinsof‘s Alliance Theory. … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Germany’s Master Institutions
Germany’s high-status actors do not compete for power by openly claiming it. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as responsible, lawful, and necessary for stability. This is the core insight of David Pinsof‘s Alliance Theory. Moral … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Japan’s Master Institutions
Japan’s high-status actors do not compete for power by openly claiming it. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as necessary, responsible, and aligned with the national interest. This is the logic David Pinsof‘s Alliance Theory makes … Continue reading
The Politics of Essence: Vermeule, the IRGC, and the CCP
Stephen Turner’s deepest objection to Adrian Vermeule is not political or theological. It is epistemological. Vermeule’s common-good constitutionalism rests on an essentialist premise: that the classical legal and natural law tradition carries a determinate moral content across time, that this … Continue reading
Stephen Turner and International Relations: A Strategically External Observer
There is no Turner school of International Relations in any conventional sense, and Turner himself would probably find the idea faintly amusing. His entry into IR was, by his own account in his 2022 memoir Mad Hazard: A Life in … Continue reading