Sun Tzu has much to tell us about how wars are and should be fought today, while Clausewitz’ contribution to the discussion of contemporary conflicts is more limited.
The Kurdistan region has to earn its complete part in secession from being a de facto substate entity within the Iraqi state and transferring itself to a fully independent de jure state.
Lasting peace in a time where all-out thermonuclear war is a constant possibility requires better solutions to the most pressing security issues.
Political motivations offer only a partial explanation for Indian riots. They do not take into account religious mobilization, extremist ideologies, or perceptions of ‘the other’ that lead to participation in, or approval of, violence.
Claiming that wars occur because there is nothing to prevent them is like saying that a sick man died because he did not take any medication—and not because of his illness.
From the Peloponnesian Wars to the War on Terror, the brutal act of war itself has been packaged by all as a fight over what it means to be civilised.
Australia has undergone a wide range of changes, impacting on the traditional role and image of its politics.
Groupthink represents a crucial aspect of US foreign policy and is a concept that scholars must not neglect when analysing this topic.
Blair’s Britain was more of a ‘good enough international citizen’ than a ‘good international citizen’ owing to the disparity between its foreign policy-making rhetoric and its policy actions
While Gacaca courts have served human needs by exercising retributive and restorative justice, the trials can also invoke retraumatisation and insecurity.
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