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Questions about a conflict or conflicts either inside a country (commonly known as civil war) or between 2 or more countries (more commonly known as war)
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Why are there never-ending wars in the Middle East?
There are really just two big wars in the middle east, plus a unique combination of post-colonial "strongman" leaders sitting on top of oil wealth who occasionally get dragged into conflicts or trigge …
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As of January 2023, and short of overt war, what retaliatory steps Russia could take against...
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It appears that if russia choses to escalate the conflict even further, as retaliation for this support, people in Ukraine will bear the brunt of this violence.
There's co …
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Exit strategies for the Ukraine war
It seems that "Internet time" and some modern short wars have led people to unrealistic ideas about timeframes. Conversely, WW2 took one and a half years before Germany invaded the USSR, and two years …
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Can a government be held responsible for the crimes committed by a military contractor?
If Blackwater Security Consulting then went bankrupt, and the U.S. lost a war to a country
It is hard to conceive of a world in which the US actually loses a war and things like courts remain ope …
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Can a country avoid prosecution for crimes against humanity by denying it happened?
Countries are not usually prosecuted, only the individuals responsible in the command structure.
There is an international criminal court; not only has the US not signed up to obey its judgements, i …
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Why are chemical weapons such a big deal?
Chemical weapons, like certain other kinds of weapons are banned not because of people killed by them, but because of what they do to the survivors.
A summary from NPR: http://www.npr.org/2013/05/01 …
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