“The Westphalian order is collapsing and we are returning to a war of all against all.”
“4gw by non-state actors (close) and movement into 5gw by states (distance).”
“It took 1000 men to bring down the Yanukovych government’ and 4000 to fight the Russians. The rest were shields.”
Source date (UTC): 2018-05-29 21:16:01 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1001572896349749249
Reply addressees: @Advanced_COBOL
Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1001567584079302656
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@Advanced_COBOL
@curtdoolittle 1. Treaty of Westphalia is hardly unique.
2. The whole arc of state building in the middle ages was to arrogate war making to the central government, that is, to abolish private war. That process was largely done by turn of the 16th century.
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1001567584079302656
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