Peace of Westphalia

The idea of peace is an ever changing concept that is influenced by the society of the time. In early ideas of peace, some philosophers concluded that peace is whatever God wills it to be and other believed that because peace is not something that is natural to humans and therefor peace is unattainable. In a society in which violence is not only occurring on a daily basis but seems to also be accepted by the general public, it is hard to imagine a world peace is a priority. This becomes an even…

were all directly or indirectly involved in the most disastrous conflict known to humanity until present days. The biggest goal at the time was for people to find a way through which global peace could be maintained and to recover as quickly as possible from the nightmares of the war. The universal desire for peace and unification after the devastating effects of the global…

The story strongly represents the values of peace and justice as the story uses these elements to convey a common goal. Charlie’s foreign viewpoint is seen as diverse, and presents a possible deviation from social justice as diversity can be seen as intimidating for some people. The journey Charlie…

distinguish between Negative Peace (absence of war) and positive Peace (inclusive of socio-economic wellbeing and justice, and equal opportunities for development and improvements) In our Capitalistic system the top of hierarchy, corporative ruling class, supports the concept of negative peace, because they want to maintain the status quo, although peace cannot be separated from social justice (Cancian & Gibson, pdf) Barash and Webel also distinguish between positive and negative peace…

The first line of Sun Tzu’s Art of War is “War is a matter of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, survival or ruin.” Sun Tzu knows that war could lead to disaster. Sometimes the best way to win is not to fight at all, this perhaps is what Sun Tzu’s ultimate secret is. Nation often rush into wars, with very little concern or thinking through of the course it is going to be; not only in money but in terms of human suffering; not only to ourselves but the civilians of…

possible results of war is always better than a war plan. As Fearon argues that war is always ex post inefficient. So a puzzle occurs, which is why rational countries choose to wage a war rather than considering a bargaining or negotiation to make a peace agreement. According to that, Fearon raised three rationalist explanations, namely information asymmetry, issue…

War throughout history has been limited as opposed to absolute. Limited war by its nature is the opposite of absolute war, and absolute war is a theory that fails as a construct. This essay discusses the two groups or types of war (absolute and limited) and the category subsets of those two groups that Carl von Clausewitz first discussed in his treatise On War. Categories of war, as defined by Carl von Clausewitz, are absolute war, ideal war, limited war, real war, war to disarm the enemy, war…

Economic Sanctions are characterized as a statecraft, which has been made for the advancement of Foreign Policy. In David, Balding words, Sanctions “are influenced attempts.” Where states seek to exert power over another international actor, that is, to do what they otherwise will not do. Since the post-war, the UN Security Council has authorized 26 multilateral sanctions , such as, in Haiti, Iraq, South Africa and Former Yugoslavia. Where compressive exchange sanctions were applied. However,…

when he says”Have you ever seen a dear friend lying in the grass with his skull cut off, brain sliding out like wet oats?” but boy is it necessary. In actuality, war has been a vital part of the economy, the mindset that we are in peace, because without war, what is peace, it takes two polar opposites to make each other be important, or even exist. For example, what is kindness without harshness, stop without go. One would…

take examples like Rosa Parks, she stood up for herself and did not give up on what she believed in, in a time of racism and hate. Also Queen Elizabeth the Second, who has lead England with her husband for 64 years, but has her own job of keeping peace between other countries by hosting dinners and events. Oprah Winfrey, who has donated millions of dollars to different charities supporting various different causes, like raising awareness to HIV/AIDS, helping fight ALS, and starting her own…