This analysis examines how war shapes societal structures, suggesting it is a crucial factor in understanding conflict.
This is the penultimate piece for 2022, and is meant as a companion to yesterday’s note. I am in the final week of teaching an undergraduate course on peace and conflict. One of the starting points for it is a recognition of how deeply war has shaped, and is present, in how our world is structured. War is productive in the sense of producing outcomes. This might seem obvious, but it can be oddly overlooked or underappreciated.
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