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 […]
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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 – […]
How to define victory
The New York Times, 31 October 2008 How to define victory In “What Vietnam teaches us” (Views, Oct. 29), Henry Kissinger provides the reader with a few “observations.” Kissinger addresses “victory.” […]
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 […]
A critical evaluation of “The Better Angels of Our Nature”, a study by Steven Pinker. PART I
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 […]
Interview: “The Third World War can start any moment, and I have predicted it for years”.
Ingo Piepers: “The build-up of tension in society with war as an outlet is simply a physical process.” Photo: Manon van der Zwaal. Interview by Wil Thijssen with Ingo Piepers, […]
THE NEXT SYSTEMIC WAR (3): HAS IT JUST STARTED? AND WHAT MUST WE NOW FIGHT FOR?
In a series of articles, I discuss several subjects related to a possible next systemic war, including: How systemic wars “work”, the function of privileges for Great Powers and the […]
Does the Internet impact on war-dynamics? No, it does not.
I am frequently asked, what the potential impact of the Internet could be on war. To answer this question it is necessary to define “war” accurately: A distinction must be […]
