It will take mass unrest in either Russia or Ukraine to bring this thing to an end, or it will take European resolve to crack.
Not everyone wants peace
737 days in captivity
‘Disrespectful’
Ukraine and Middle East
War
What happens when civil rights clash with the right of a whole country not to live in terror of violent gangs?
Neutrality has been “almost destroyed”
Peace is, of course, desirable. But realism is also desirable. And there is precious little of it about, in western academia and politics, where this subject is concerned.
The general assumption of pro-neutrality people in Ireland tends to be that because the threats to us are so low, defence is really not a requirement.
History is littered with examples of civilian bombings or other attacks not working as the attacker might hope.
‘Powerful global act of prayerful solidarity for peace’