War
Humanitarianism is important, but not sufficient
To understand the nature of a war and be able to make an informed decision, it is not enough to rely on what is happening internally within societies engaged in armed conflict. A state may be considered democratic in its…
Trump’s Foreign Policy: A Sham?
Some believe that Donald Trump actually wants to end the war in Ukraine. Others believe he’s as belligerent as his predecessors. Who’s right? Perhaps a bit of both. He may have wanted to end American involvement in the war in…
State assassinations: a way to conceal political and military failure
The recent spate of assassinations committed by Israel and the United States has drawn attention to what appears to be a growing trend: “decapitation.” War increasingly resembles ordinary criminality punishable under the law, specifically homicide or first-degree murder. The list…
The war drums of Ursula von der Leyen, the non-elected burocrat Queen of the EU
Nobody outside the political elite of Europe likes her. Most of the common people do not even know her. But she likes to protray herself as the Top decisionmaker for the whole of the EU. Her State of the Union…
France and the UK are bringing war closer to Europe by stirring up conflict in Moldova. The anti-Trump coalition is on the attack
This fall, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict may spread to another European country – Moldova. By Ion Cebotari People close to Vladimir Zelensky told Ukrainian journalist Diana Panchenko about plans to send Ukrainian troops into Moldova. The initiators of the new conflict…
Nonviolent Civil Defense in the Face of Militarization
Europe’s rampant turbo-militarization is fueled in part by an assumption that it is time to question. This assumption is widespread, both in military circles and in popular culture at large, as well as among many activist circles. The assumption is…
You Can’t Stop the Wars If You Don’t Stop the Violence
It is paradoxical that many advocate for ending wars without acknowledging the root issue of violence. If now is not the time to finally address violence, when will it be? We must name and challenge all its forms—physical, religious, economic,…
Yurii Sheliazenko: “The protests are good, but there are still some Ukrainians who believe in the war.”
In Kiev, I met Yurii Sheliazenko, a Quaker conscientious objector and leader of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, whom I had met and interviewed during my trip to Ukraine last August, and his friend Artem Denysov, also a Quaker. They took…
Divided We Fall: The Billion-Dollar Industry of India-Pakistan Hatred
The bitter river of hostility between India and Pakistan flows not from the natural springs of people’s hearts, but from the carefully constructed dams of political elites. Like colonial masters of old, today’s rulers in both nations have perfected the…
Coexistence with Hate: The Subcontinent’s Unending Paradox
(by Irshad Ahmad Mughal and Dr. Qurat ul-Ain Rana, a Ph.D in Sociology teaching in various universities as visiting faculty in various universities in Pakistan.) The lands now called Pakistan and India were once woven together by shared history, culture,…
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