Dr. Nathan Orlando

Nathan Orlando is an assistant professor in the department of political science, having joined the 小草影院 faculty in 2020. He is a graduate of Hillsdale College (B.A. in Political Economy and Philosophy & Religion) and Baylor University (M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science). Prior to arriving in Atchison, he held a post-doctoral fellowship in international politics at Saint Vincent College from 2018 to 2020 and was a visiting fellow at their Center for Political and Economic Thought. He has chaired the department since 2022.

Courses Taught:

POLS 1000 鈥� Introduction to American Government

POLS 1100 鈥� Fundamentals of Politics

POLS 3000 – Comparative Politics

POLS 3010 鈥� European Politics

POLS 3250 鈥� The American Presidency

POLS 3600 鈥� American Foreign Policy

POLS 3700 鈥� Film and Politics

POLS 3980 鈥� Special Topics: Research Seminar on Nuclear Strategy

POLS 3980 鈥� Special Topics: Grand Strategy

POLS 3980 鈥� Special Topics: Power, Morality, and International Relations

POLS 3980 鈥� Special Topics: Diplomacy: Theory and Practice

POLS 3980 鈥� Special Topics: Ancient Political Theory

POLS 3980 鈥� Special Topics: Marx and his Heirs

POLS 4010 鈥� International Relations

POLS 4800 鈥� Directed and Honors Research

POLS 4950 鈥� Senior Seminar

GRBK 1750 鈥� Great Books: Ancient World

 Peer-Reviewed Publications:

鈥淭he End of Alliances? Raymond Aron and Henry Kissinger on the Ramifications of Nuclear Weapons for Intra-Bloc Diplomacy,鈥� Perspectives on Political Science 54, no. 3 (2025): 151-163.

鈥淪urpassing the Unsurpassable: Jean-Paul Sartre鈥檚 Reinterpretation of Marxism,鈥� The Political Science Reviewer 46, no. 2 (2022): 223-258.

 Raymond Aron and His Dialogues in an Age of Ideologies (New York: Peter Lang, 2023).

Working Papers:

鈥淪alvific User Error: A Classical Take on AI and Nuclear Deterrence鈥�

鈥淚mperium: Douglas MacArthur and the 20th Century鈥�