In times of military conflict, states tend to present themselves as defenders of values and principles. Terms such as "freedom", "democracy" and "human rights" become rhetorical weapons in the battle for political legitimacy. But history shows: Peace is rarely created through principles - but through power, interests and mutual risk calculation. Continue reading →
While the war in Ukraine has been going on for more than 1 year now, the EU, Germany and also the USA, continue to send weapons to this war region. As a reminder, the Greens were against arms deliveries to war regions, in addition to attempts by China, there is now another party urging peace.
The war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for a year, I actually wanted to list at this point what this war has brought to people all over the world so far, but somehow you can understand for yourself what war is and what it has caused, and so a mere listing would not be fair if I forgot something.
Today I saw a short news snippet in the BILD Online live ticker for Turkey earthquake no big emotions, no drama, no clickbait. But something that makes me ask, do we really need disasters so that we are human again and talk about peace and cooperation?
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