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Why war trumps peace

The logic of conflict

26 April 2025

9:00 AM

26 April 2025

9:00 AM

War is as pervasive as the wish for peace is universal. Hostilities have already resumed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and are yet to cease in Ukraine. Indeed around half of all peace agreements collapse within five years. The use of force in inter-group relations has preoccupied the minds of rulers and scholars alike since time immemorial.

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