State Health Institute
Op-eds, policy memos and commentary that apply the Medical Approach to Peace.
op-eds
Peace requires more than elections—and governments must be audited like nonprofits. At its core, state is a nonprofit organization—a legal trust created to deliver public goods. Like all…
op-eds
The state is a man-made entity; it must be regulated. Let us begin by unlearning what the state is not. The state is not a mythical Leviathan born of…
op-eds
When lawmakers prescribe dogma instead of diagnosis, society bears the consequences Imagine a world where pharmaceutical companies are free to concoct and distribute medicines without trials, without regulation,…
op-eds
Peace Demands an Independent Regulator, Not Diplomacy For too long, we have clung to a persistent illusion: that the United Nations, with its blue helmets, speeches, and ceremonies,…
op-eds
In most legal and political discourse today, law is often understood in formalistic or institutional terms—defined by who enacts it (parliament), how it is enforced (police and courts),…
Policy memos
To: the White House, Congressional Committees on Foreign Affairs and Education From: the Constitutional Order InstituteDate: August 12, 2025Subject: Recommendation to Dismantle the Department of Political Science in U.S.…
op-eds
Once again, innocent civilians in Indian-held Kashmir have been killed en masse. Once again, New Delhi has accused Pakistan of supporting terrorism. Once again, the latter has denied…
Peace
For centuries,rational minds have enquired what is peace? Why is it fleeting? And what must philosophers do to keep it permanent and universal?
New research, op-eds and policy memos from the State Health Institute, sent when they are published.
