Louis René Beres

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Louis René Beres is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Law at Purdue University.

Globalization and the Universe: A Short Re-Locating

CONTRIBUTIONS

missiles on parade in Pyongyang, January 2021.

After Trump: US Nuclear Strategy and North Korea

A US Air Force X-37B robotic space plane, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle

A Galactic Mistake: Preparing for Space War in a Time of Plague

a man consoles a weeping woman, both wearing surgical masks

Virulent Pathogens and Global Solidarity: Unseen Benefits of COVID-19

John Bolton listens to Trump in the Oval Office, April 2019

The Limits of Long-Distance Romance: Risks of Catastrophic War with North Korea

people seated on a WW2 Sherman tank watch firesworks in Normandy, France

American National Security: Tanks vs. Intellect in the Trump Era

'Man Pointing' by Alberto Giacomett, 1947.

The Primal Politics of Belonging and Immortality

protesting communal violence in India

Repairing the World at its Source

Dad, mom, and little girl holding hands inside a mall

Fixing the Microcosm: Global Governance and World Order

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