Publications
Edited Books
Vytautas Landsbergis, et al. Truth, Memory, and Justice: One Hundred Years After the Bolshevik Revolution. Edited by Murray Bessette and Marion Smith. Washington, DC: Academica Press, 2019. ISBN: 9781680530735.
Abram Shulsky, Bruce Thornton, et al. Liberty and Security in the Age of Terrorism. Edited by Murray S. Y. Bessette. Morehead, KY: Commonwealth Security Studies Laboratory, 2013. ISBN: 9781479791286.
James Q. Wilson, et al. Alexis de Tocqueville and the Challenges of American Society. Edited with Preface by Murray S. Y. Bessette. Raleigh, NC: Lulu.com, 2008. ISBN: 9780557007110.
Articles
“Socialism ‘With Chinese Characteristics.’” Center for Security Policy (May, 2021). (with Frank Gaffney)
“Avarice and Ambition in America: the Founders’ Debate on the Political Place of the Selfish Passions in the U.S. Constitutional Order.” In Journal of Markets & Morality 22: 1 (2019), 117-146. (with Jonathan W. Pidluzny)
“The Enduring Appeal of the Communist Ideal.” In Citizens and Statesmen: An Annual Review of Political Theory and Public Life 11 (2018), 35-46.
“Don’t Get Fooled Again: The Continuing Necessity of Anti-Communism.” In Quillette, 6 October 2018.
“On the Nature and Genesis of Judicial Power.” In Eidos 15 (December, 2011), 206-232.
“Track Summary: Teaching Political Theory and Theories.” In PS: Political Science and Politics 44 (2011), 666. (with Ellen Grigsby and Shane Ralston)
Chapters
“The Messiah of the Machiavellian Moment: The Reluctant Tyranny of the Good Man in the Corrupt Republic.” In Leisure with Dignity: Essays in Honor of Charles R. Kesler. Edited by Michael Anton and Glenn Ellmers. New York, NY: Encounter Books, 2024. ISBN: 9781641773492.
“The Philosophic Background to Kojève's Critique of Leo Strauss's On Tyranny.” In Philosophy, History, and Tyranny: Re-examining the Debate Between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojève. Edited by Timothy Burns and Bryan-Paul Frost. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2016. ISBN: 9781438462103.
“State and Local Public Administration.” 119-136. In Kentucky Government, Politics, and Public Policy. Edited by James C. Clinger and Michael W. Hail. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2013. ISBN: 9780813143156.
“The U.S. Supreme Court, International Law, and Detainee Treatment.” 31-40. In Liberty and Security in the Age of Terrorism. Edited by Murray S. Y. Bessette. Morehead, KY: Commonwealth Security Studies Laboratory, 2013. ISBN: 9781479791286. (with Ryan P. Williams)
“The Crisis of the West, the Challenge of Technology, and the Reaffirmation of Political Philosophy.” 359-368. In Advances in Design for Cross-Cultural Activities Part II. Edited by Dylan Schmorrow and Denise Nicholson. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2013. ISBN: 9781466556867.
“Theories of Regime Development Across the Millennia and Their Application to Modern Liberal Democracies.” 108-117. In Advances in Cross-Cultural Decision Making. Edited by Dylan Schmorrow and Denise Nicholson. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2011. ISBN: 9781439834954.
“Sovereign Authority or Leviathan Bully: Kojève on Distinguishing the Use and Abuse of Power.” 3-10. In Bullying and the Abuse of Power. Edited Kristof K. P. Vanhoutte, Gavin Fairbairn, and Melanie Lang. Oxford, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2010. ISBN: 9781848880450.
Reviews
“Practical Political Lessons for an Age of Extremes.” In The Political Science Reviewer 42: 1 (2019), 282-289.
“Book Review: Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad.” In The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms 16, no. 3 (June, 2011), 404-405.
“Book in Brief: Saving Persuasion: a defense of rhetoric and judgment.” In The Claremont Review of Books 8, no. 1 (Winter, 2007), 43.
“Book in Brief: Rescuing Canada’s Right: a blueprint for a conservative revolution.” In The Claremont Review of Books 6, no. 3 (Summer, 2006), 49.