Michael Novak on the Iraq War Debate

Michael Novak is an American Catholic philosopher and diplomat. The author of almost 25 books on the philosophy and theology of culture, Novak is most widely known for his book The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (1982). In 1994 he was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. He writes books and articles focused on capitalism, religion, and the politics of democratization.

Novak served as U.S. chief ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 1981 and as the ambassador to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Novak is currently George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute.

• Martino? There he goes again National Review Online. Dec. 7, 2003.
  
• Game Plan Iraq. National Review Online. Oct. 20, 2003.
  
• Context: The Big Picture on American Deaths in Iraq. National Review Online. August 28, 2003.
  
• Errors of Mass Destruction. National Review Online. June 12, 2003.
  

• "Conversations with an European Friend" - A series initially published in the Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore

  • A Free Iraq. April 28, 2003.
    
  • The Winning of a Just War. April 9, 2003.
    
  • An Iraqi Democracy? April 8, 2003.
    
  • Tone Deaf. April 7, 2003.
    
  • Mars & Venus: U.S. vs. Europe on the war.. April 2, 2003.
    
  • Understanding Op Iraqi Freedom: Conversations with a European friend. March 28, 2003.
    
  • War's First Day: Conversations with a European friend. March 28, 2003.
    
• Civilian Casualties & Turmoil: Lay responsibility regarding Iraq. Contributing editorial for the National Review Online. Feb. 18, 2003.
  
• "Asymmetrical Warfare" & Just War: A moral obligation. Contributing editorial for the National Review Online. Feb. 10, 2003. Lecture on just-war doctrine and Iraq to a public audience in Vatican City on the evening of February 10, 2003.