How much does a war cost?
A previous post on this blog investigated how it was worth to Britain that it was no longer at risk of fighting a world war against Germany. For all the …
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Is war really in decline?
It is worth reading an article in Foreign Policy magazine by Joshua S Goldstein on the future of warfare, “Think Again: War”. Writing for an American audience, Professor Goldstein notes …
World peace through world trade
Apparently it is the 100th birthday of IBM, the American computer company, formed through a merger of the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company and the Computing Scale …
Proof that peace is not news
At any other moment in modern European history, the following story would be big news: “Germany to abolish compulsory military service“. A continual theme in the history of Europe is …
The moral case against defence cuts
Amid the arguments about the forthcoming spending cuts should fall, a new argument has been voiced to protect defence spending. It is a moral argument. A letter in the Daily …
Albert Einstein: “Nationalism is an infantile disease”
Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind. “What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck” The Saturday Evening Post (26 October 1929) Our world faces …
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W B Curry: “The Case for Federal Union”
“Suppose that, like the States of the USA all states had lost the right to maintain armed forces, the right to do what they like in matters affecting other countries, …
Obama in Oslo
The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama was widely dismissed as premature, a sentiment that President Obama himself acknowledged in his acceptance speech. (Read the speech here.) …
War is hell (2)
I have written on this blog before about the impact that fighting has on people – how violent acts create a violent culture that spreads within society. This is aside …
Peace and security are not the same thing
One of the first things I wrote on this website is an article called “Peace and security are not the same thing”. Apologies for my lack of imagination, but I …