The internationalisation of the conflict can be destabilising because there is less pressure to find the compromises necessary for peace agreement.
In Bosnia, as in the case of Northern Ireland, civil society efforts to build peace may encapsulate the concept of civil peace spaces.
Putin has abandoned the common European framework of values and law (if he ever shared it) and is instead forcing Russia into an open attack against it.
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has unleashed a scramble for traditional energy sources when it should, instead, be a time to plan for ways to wean the global economy from oil.
Whatever states may gain from adopting a strategy of resilience, their societies will lose in terms of security as resilience is not a synonym for security.
Zelenskyy is betting that his moral case will match the bureaucratic and democratic necessities demanded by Brussels in order to formally join the European Union.
Totalizing moral binaries are particularly dangerous in the sphere of international relations, where international law lacks universal mechanisms of enforcement.
Responses to the Ukraine invasion put the spotlight on calls by numerous people who wonder where this outpouring of support was in their hour of need.
Russia has not only broken international law in the most flagrant manner, but has devalued the system of norms, values and practices that underpins international society.
The flooding of arms into Ukraine will neither bring peace, nor an end to fighting but a protracted war with civilian casualties and unforeseen consequences.
