War as an Anachronism and apparently unavoidable Threat

Against the background of Russia's criminal aggressive attack on the Ukraine, this article asks how far we must treat war as still an unavoidable threat. Without our involvement war cannot prevail. And since it has prevailed, especially in Europe, a modern understanding of statehood must hold a...

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Main Author: Liebsch, Burkhard (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: SCM Press 2024
In: Concilium
Year: 2024, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-26
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B War / Anachronism / Rearmament / Power / Renunciation / History 1945-2024
IxTheo Classification:NCD Political ethics
TK Recent history
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B AGGRESSION (International law)
B conflict of interests
B Nuclear Weapons
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Summary:Against the background of Russia's criminal aggressive attack on the Ukraine, this article asks how far we must treat war as still an unavoidable threat. Without our involvement war cannot prevail. And since it has prevailed, especially in Europe, a modern understanding of statehood must hold as a decisive standard that we cannot fall short of, the following: no state can any longer be treated as legitimate that does not admit the violence that has come from its history and of which it continues to be the source.
ISSN:0010-5236
Contains:Enthalten in: Concilium