la guerre c’est quoi? – Zum Kriegsbegriff und dessen Bedeutung für neutrale Staaten

2015 gab es laut Heidelberger Institut für Konfliktforschung 409 politische Konflikte (dieselbe Zahl wie 2014), von denen 16 das Ausmaß eines Krieges erreicht haben. Doch was genau ist ein Krieg eigentlich? Und inwiefern ist diese Definition bedeutsam?

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Reads on ISIS

Why Turkey is reluctant to fight ISIS/IS and how it undermines Kurdish efforts (furthermore, it is possible that Turkey funds extremists such as al-Nusra):

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/18/turkey-cut-islamic-state-supply-lines-erdogan-isis?CMP=share_btn_fb 

Good read on the painful „does the Islamic state have anyhting to do with Islam“-debate (spoiler alert: yes, obviously. And pretending it doesn’t is not very helpful to spark inner-Islamic reform):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/11/18/does-isis-really-have-nothing-to-do-with-islam-islamic-apologetics-carry-serious-risks/?postshare=5661447886714901&tid=ss_tw-bottom

See also this article on how you can use the Quran and the life of Mohammed both as a justification and a rejection of ISIS strategy and actions:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/11/14/after-the-paris-attacks-heres-how-to-think-about-the-relationship-between-isis-and-islam/