Dr. Nathan Orlando

Nathan Orlando is an assistant professor in the department of political science, having joined the Benedictine College 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 – Introduction to American Government

POLS 1100 – Fundamentals of Politics

POLS 3000 – Comparative Politics

POLS 3010 – European Politics

POLS 3250 – The American Presidency

POLS 3600 – American Foreign Policy

POLS 3700 – Film and Politics

POLS 3980 – Special Topics: Research Seminar on Nuclear Strategy

POLS 3980 – Special Topics: Grand Strategy

POLS 3980 – Special Topics: Power, Morality, and International Relations

POLS 3980 – Special Topics: Diplomacy: Theory and Practice

POLS 3980 – Special Topics: Ancient Political Theory

POLS 3980 – Special Topics: Marx and his Heirs

POLS 4010 – International Relations

POLS 4800 – Directed and Honors Research

POLS 4950 – Senior Seminar

GRBK 1750 – Great Books: Ancient World

 Peer-Reviewed Publications:

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

“Surpassing the Unsurpassable: Jean-Paul Sartre’s Reinterpretation of Marxism,” 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:

“Salvific User Error: A Classical Take on AI and Nuclear Deterrence”

“Imperium: Douglas MacArthur and the 20th Century”