Classical Liberalism and International Relations: Bedankt en Doei

by Brandon Christensen


I first came across Edwin’s scholarship on international relations in 2012, when his “Hayekian Spontaneous Order and the International Balance of Power” was published in The Independent Review. It was a breath of fresh air in a world of stale takes on Cold War-era Rothbardian “non-intervention.” It was bold, new, different, and entirely wrongheaded. I was so excited to see international relations tackled by a non-American classical liberal that I tracked him down and invited him to be a contributor to a group blog, Notes On Liberty, that I had founded in 2012. Edwin was gracious enough to accept my invitation and for one glorious decade many fruitful, unresolved dialogues took place out in the open for all to see.


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Brandon Christensen is the editor of Isonomia Quarterly. Send mail to him at brandon.l.christensen@gmail.com.