Civil Peace

Walter in “The Critical Barrier to Civil War Settlement” tries to explain why civil wars are never ended with a peaceful settlement and fought until one side beats the other. This is because there are problems of enforcement and vulnerability; both sides prefer to fight instead of cooperate because it leaves them vulnerable (Walter compares this exchange with the Prisoner’s Dilemma situation). Unlike interstate wars, making cheating not favorable is difficult; either side cannot withhold…

The American Legion Preamble to me is “To promote peace and good will on earth.” This clause is important and meaningful because one of our main problems in America is keeping the peace among our citizens and exemplifying good will to everyone in our everyday lives whether big or small. It is important to remember that our country was at its best when all parties were peaceful and doing what was best for one another. The literal definition of peace is “freedom from disturbance.” We seemed to…

self-gain, with peace as the central purpose. With multilateral and bilateral agreements at the forefront of war, we must consider what the study of international relations brings forth to us, that is, the empirical law of the “democratic peace theory”. The theory suggests that democracies are reluctant to engage in armed conflict with other formally identified democracies as a way to discourage state-sponsored violence. Immanuel Kant’s work, “Perceptual Peace”, tells us that peace is a…

meaning an active conservation of a bond between nations, "the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area" (Dictionary.com, 2015). By definition, a united nations act of force. To breakdown those four words one has realise the true meaning of such; a truce is violently acted upon, but when one steps in, it is no longer keeping the peace. To make peace, is to suggest that two or more nations were/are already at war with one…

to protect the people from atrocities inflicted by their own countrymen. Use of military force can be very costly in terms of casualties both civilian and of security forces. The benefits can be attributed to whether an intervention has restored peace, saved lives and provided long-term stability. Cost of intervention can be high and benefits minimum but by not intervening, countries may face even higher costs and risks due to spillover effects. The question should not be whether an…

justification for military action and the war conduction and its reasons must be justifiable. Cicero was one of the first thinkers to share his thoughts about just war. He was concerned about the main reason of going to war that should be living in peace afterwards. The first individual to offer a proper theory about justice and war was Saint Augustine. He used the bible as guide to offer an…

Conflict in the International Arena through the three images lens Man, the State and War canalizes causes of conflicts in the international arena through the lenses of the three images. The three images are philosophical, psychological and theoretical approaches to understand the reasons of conflict and the eruption of wars in the international field. The first image tries to explain the reasons of war by focusing on the relevance of human nature or human-tendencies as the main instigator of…

Peace is a foundation to a better future, as a safe environment where humanity can develop, and build a strong economy. Unfortunately, while the majority of the world is enjoying peace, there are millions of people who desired it every single day. This peace has evaded The poor refugees who have had to leave their homes after their houses were destroyed by war. Some have been enough lucky enough to start a new life, harsh though it may be, in a strange country.(Malkki, 1995) It is a…

deal with wars we must look at them carefully. First, was there another option that had not been tried and if so then the war the war was not necessary and thus not just. Also, if the goal of the war was to protect Human Rights like in the American civil war or defend owns country like China during WW2 then of course the war would be just. When another country or nation is, in danger would it also not be justified to help, them defend themselves against the aggressor. Another point presented by…

justification for going to war includes four main postulates that must be met that include war being a last resort, has to be declared by a legitimate authority, must be waged in self-defense or to establish/restore justice, and must be fought to bring about peace (in other words, motivation must be just). Second, Jus In Bello, directing how combatants should act during war, includes distinction and proportionality. In other words, just war must distinguish between combatants and noncombatants,…