Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI The focal intangible factors of power and success in war There are four focal intangible factors of power that have a direct impact on the success in war: Resolve: As a very matter of historical fact, all potential […]
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The Relations Between War And Politics (VI)
Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V Does in practice humanitarian military intervention work?Β Regarding any kind of humanitarian military intervention (HMI) within the moral and legal framework of the R2P, the focal question became do the benefits of humanitarian military intervention outweigh its costs or to […]
The Relations Between War And Politics (V)
Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV War and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)Β The R2P is one of the most important features of the post-Cold War global politics and IR regarding the relations of the war with politics that was formalized in 2005, which is focusing when the […]
The Relations Between War And Politics (III)
Part I, Part II War, national interest, and the League of Nations In broad terms, the national interest refers to the goals of foreign politics, objectives, or policy preferences that benefit a nation or society as a whole. That is the foreign policy equivalent of the public interest. However, the […]
The Relations Between War And Politics (II)
Part I The concept of war There are many definitions and/or understandings of war. However, from the very academic point of view, war can be understood as an armed conflict between at least two sides usually but not necessarily states fought usually for some (geo)political goals. The focal conceptual idea […]
The Relations Between War And Politics (I)
In dealing from both theoretical and practical points of view about war, at least six fundamental questions arise: 1) What is war?; 2) What types of war exist?; 3) Why do wars occur?; 4) What is a connection between war and justice?; 5) The question of war crimes?; and 6) […]
Why Does Ukraine Want War?
Ukraine wants war with Russia due to a combination of domestic and international factors, but such a scenario would be disastrous for the Eastern European country and only serve the interests of some members of the political elite and their foreign patrons. The whole world is watching with bated breath […]
Ike Was Right
βIn the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new […]
Kosovo: What Everyone Really Needs To Know
The optimal solution for the Kosovo status is a normal autonomy within Serbia according to the international standards of protection of the rights of ethnic minorities but without any political-administrative prerogatives as it was the case in the SFRY from 1974 to 1989.
Perpetual Business Of War
Given that the US political system is based on “iron triangles” β the intersecting interests of corporations, government officials, and special-interest groups β it is unlikely that any truly sensible decision will be made in the US in regard to the use of armed force that would make it possible to resolve conflicts by means of diplomacy instead.
Forged in War
The White Γ©migré Ivan SolonevichΒ (1891-1953), author of Popular Monarchy (link in Russian), saw firsthand how the βmoderateβ ideology of liberalism led to national collapse, revolution and tyranny in Russia in the aftermath of the First World War. An agent of the White underground and Soviet prison camp escapee, Solonevich knew monarchical […]
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