I described in chapter 1, above, how low - intensity - conflict planners view the third world as the critical
locus of international conflict and the front line in the defense of U.S. privilege.
Andre Beaufre's
study of international conflict, An Introduction to Strategy, is an admirable introduction to the discussion of ethics and love; for he sees strategy in politics as the means of conducting conflict.
If this is eventually proved to be a Russian assassination attempt it takes place in a bleak new reality, one in which the subversion of information is a core
component of international conflict.
The track
record of international conflict management in civil wars since the end of the Cold War has been impressive, with internationally facilitated negotiated ends to long wars in Guatemala, Mozambique, Burundi, El Salvador, and between northern and southern Sudan.
About the importance of their article, the authors state: «In a
period of international conflict as well as domestic pressures within the NHS, the study of stress and resilience has again become a prescient topic for both military and medical communities.
War and famine in Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan in the mid-1970s marked the beginning of a
series of international conflicts which has pushed the number of refugees up towards the 19 million mark.
From a defensive perspective, the Cold War
system of international conflict requires information control and concealment of power; yet from an offensive perspective, it requires espionage — which gives rise to FOX Unit and the Sneaking Mission.
I appreciate that divorce mediation may not be considered the most
glamorous of international conflicts, however one must acknowledge there are few other conflicts in the western world that affect so many in society, both directly and indirectly.