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War
War has been a common feature of the human experience since the dawn of civilization. However, this essay questions whether it is an effective or efficient way to solve problems and suggests things people can do to stop wars from happening.
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BI Newsletters on the Israel/Palestinian+ War
A continually growing collection of the many newsletters BI has produced on the war that was started by Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
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Kinetic Warfare
Kinetic warfare is traditional warfare tactics of guns, bombs, tanks, and missiles using by competing armies, and paramilitary units.
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Hybrid Warfare (incluiding Lawfare)
Hybrid warfare is a military strategy that blends conventional warfare, irregular warfare, and cyber or information warfare to achieve strategic objectives—often without triggering a traditional, full-scale military conflict.
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Terrorism
Terrorism is the use of violence against civilians to instill fear and demoralize the enemy. It is often utilized by nonstate actors, but can also be utilized by nation states for the same purposes.
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Preventing and Defending Against Large-Scale Violence
In extreme cases, political tensions can escalate to the point where you have large-scale violence (such as the troubles in Northern Ireland or the United States in the 1960s. Still worse is violence that escalates into civil war.
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Geopolitical Threat Monitors
Geopolitical Threat Monitors alert us to the fact that geopolitical rivals are threatening and sometimes directly attacking Western democracies.
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Are we in the foothills of World War 3?
An especially good effort to place the Iran war in a larger, and more worrying content.
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The Weapons of War
The war in Iran is different. A big part of what makes it different are the weapons being used and the cost of those weapons. This primer explains what most everyone ought to understand.