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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: International Law vs. War
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Ziemowit Gowin discuss international laws of war. Challenging the very legitimacy of such laws, they emphasize how “humanitarian” laws of war hamper a free country's self-defense, make them vulnerable to belligerent regimes, and make war more palatable rather than less.
Among the topics covered:
How international laws of war undercut a nation's right to self-defense and whitewash dictatorships;
Why war is legitimate both in response to an attack and to preempt an attack;
Why “humanitarian” laws of war sanitize war, making it more palatable, not less;
How the principle of proporti...