Palace of CrystalCurrent affairs and peace politics: the dangers of charismatic leaders to democracy and the peace of the world, and how peace might be achieved for the longer term. |
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... rules, backed up by the power of a great coalition of nations, guaranteeing security to all member states. The League was a promising attempt to rid the world of the plague of war, but it was the first practical attempt, and was flawed ...
... rules, backed up by the power of a great coalition of nations, guaranteeing security to all member states. The League was a promising attempt to rid the world of the plague of war, but it was the first practical attempt, and was flawed ...
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... rules of engagement that constrain the ferocity of war within limits deemed acceptable. Enemy soldiers taken prisoner must be treated decently, and so on. For someone with this idea of war as a physical conflict between the people of ...
... rules of engagement that constrain the ferocity of war within limits deemed acceptable. Enemy soldiers taken prisoner must be treated decently, and so on. For someone with this idea of war as a physical conflict between the people of ...
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... rule of laws agreed on by the society via its representatives. Democracy is thus a concept of how a society ought to be run if the objective is to avoid giving individuals dictatorial, unconstrained power over their fellows; an idea of ...
... rule of laws agreed on by the society via its representatives. Democracy is thus a concept of how a society ought to be run if the objective is to avoid giving individuals dictatorial, unconstrained power over their fellows; an idea of ...
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... rule of law, and a concern for human rights. So it is hardly likely that a modern democracy would indulge in a pre-emptive war, an aggressive war against another nation that did not credibly threaten its existence. A democracy truly ...
... rule of law, and a concern for human rights. So it is hardly likely that a modern democracy would indulge in a pre-emptive war, an aggressive war against another nation that did not credibly threaten its existence. A democracy truly ...
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... rules are whatever the leader says they are. The Aztec and Inca warriors stand as an example of how dangerous the game of follow-my-leader can be. Most readers would surely agree that this utter reliance is a primitive state of affairs ...
... rules are whatever the leader says they are. The Aztec and Inca warriors stand as an example of how dangerous the game of follow-my-leader can be. Most readers would surely agree that this utter reliance is a primitive state of affairs ...
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