Liberty and Security in an Anarchical World Volume I Westphalian Sovereignty and the National State

This book takes a hard look at libertarian foreign policy doctrines, especially those of non-intervention, interstate federalism, and non-aggression, and applies new insights to these old doctrines. Classical liberal thinkers such as Vincent Ostrom, James Madison, and F.A. Hayek have all hinted at the idea of world governance from a libertarian standpoint. Yet today, “the libertarian position” on foreign policy is either non-intervention from the US side of the Atlantic or half-hearted confederation from the European side of the Atlantic. This volume (I) hones in on the problems of Westphalian sovereignty and its nationalist shortcomings, while the other celebrates Westphalian sovereignty’s achievements in regards to keeping imperialism at bay.

1.Tragedy, Myth, and Liberty in Interstate Theory.- 2.Introduction.-3. Pax Americana: Is the United States a Benevolent Hegemon?.-4. Despotism in the 21st Century: The Case of Nigeria’s Democratic Despotism.-5. Individual Liberty and the Responsibility to Protect: Toward a Neolibertarian Foreign Policy.-6. Non-Intervention: The History of a Liberal Ideal.-7. Commercium et pax: local governments, free trade, and isolationist policy.-8. Debt Diplomacy in the 1920s: The Case of the French and Hellenic War Debts.-9. Ludwig von Mises and Wilhelm Röpke on Peace and International Order.-10. Beyond Tariff Reduction: A Libertarian Approach to Reducing Non-Tariff Barriers.-11. The Non-Freedom of Foreign Intervention.

Brandon Christensen is Editor-in-Chief of Isonomia Quarterly.