In the book “The New Rules of War, Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder” – or sometimes with the subtitle: “How America can Win against Russia, China and other […]
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A Critical Evaluation of “The New Rules of War, Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder”, PART I
This is the first article in a new series. In the book “The New Rules of War, Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder” – or sometimes with the subtitle: […]
Our free will is (much) more constrained than we want to believe: So let’s use it wisely.
Illustration by Sherif Arafa Physical processes and laws – e.g. the Second Law of Thermodynamics – determine (at least in certain respects) and shape social and political processes. The Second […]
Why Regularities and Patterns in War Dynamics went unnoticed.
In above figure, four accelerating war cycles are shown that can be identified during the period 1480-1945. Each cycle consists of a relatively stable period, followed by a systemic war […]
This is why the War in Afghanistan is a forever war.
The War in Afghanistan started in 2001 and there is still no end in sight, despite the fact that the world’s most powerful military organizations and capabilities – of the […]
A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF “THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE”, A STUDY BY STEVEN PINKER. PART III
In a series of articles, I discuss a book by Steven Pinker with the title: “The better Angels of Our Nature“. In this book, the author argues that violence in the world […]
The State: R.I.P.?
Where does the state – as an organizational structure – actually come from? The state did not exist a couple of hundreds of years ago. It should be reminded – […]
THIS IS A WAR CYCLE
This is a schematic representation of a war cycle. During the period 1480-1945, the European State-System produced four accelerating war cycles. Together they constitute a dissipative structure. This dissipative structure […]
A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF “THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE”, A STUDY BY STEVEN PINKER. PART II
In a series of articles, I discuss a book by Steven Pinker with the title: “The better Angels of Our Nature“. In this book, the author argues that violence in the world […]
What the bacterium E. coli understands, but President Trump doesn’t
All natural processes – including all human interactions and exchanges – produce entropy as a byproduct. Entropy manifests itself as heat and waste. The amount of entropy in a system […]
