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Big questions: War, intervention, and international security

Geopolitics
Global
Started April 17, 2026

When force is justified, how alliances should work, and how to govern new security risks.

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These are normative questions about legitimacy and risk; reasonable people disagree sharply.

Optional references: UN — Responsibility to Protect (R2P) · SIPRI — military expenditure database · ICRC — autonomous weapons & IHL · UN Peacekeeping overview · Reaching Critical Will — civil society monitoring of disarmament

UN Digital Library — Charter & Security Council International Crisis Group ACLED — conflict data UNODA — Office for Disarmament Affairs
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 18, 2026
Multilateral economic sanctions are rarely sufficient on their own to change the strategic behaviour of authoritarian governments.
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 18, 2026
Private military companies operating outside international humanitarian law represent a growing and largely unaddressed threat to civilian protection.
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 18, 2026
Humanitarian military intervention without UN Security Council authorisation is justified when genocide or mass atrocities are actively ongoing and the Council is deadlocked.
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 18, 2026
Liberal democracies should collectively increase defence spending given the demonstrated willingness of authoritarian states to use military force.
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 18, 2026
Climate change is a threat multiplier for armed conflict and insecurity and should be formally integrated into national security strategies.
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 18, 2026
Nuclear deterrence remains the primary guarantor of great-power peace, making significant nuclear disarmament strategically premature in current conditions.
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 18, 2026
Autonomous weapons systems that select and engage targets without meaningful human control should be banned by international treaty.
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