71. Dr Alexander Bellamy - R2P, Just War and prospects of World Peace - Part 2

The Voices of War

This is Part 2 of my discussion with Dr Alex Bellamy, author of ‘World Peace And How We Can Achieve It’, which was the basis for our discussion. If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, I suggest you do that first as some discussions in part 2 might otherwise seem out of context. You can listen to part 1 here.

Like in part 1, we covered many topics, including:

• Are humans wired for violence?
• How states can actively reduce the likelihood of war
• Clash of ‘Helsinki’ vs ‘Yalta’ visions
• The paradox of US hegemony
• The UN as a global project
• Discussion on Interests vs Values
• Military Industrial Complex and acquisition of arms
• The role of International Humanitarian Law
• Implementing the laws we already have to achieve Peace
• Rivalry between competing visions on how the world should be organised

During this chat, Alex and I discussed Samuel Moyn's book, 'Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War'. I previously spoke with Samuel about this book and its thesis. You can find that interview here.

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