The laws of war: Reflections on Alexander's understanding of the institutional requisites for creating a more peaceful world

In ‘The civil sphere in war and peace: From Athens to Kyiv’, offers a meditation framed by civil sphere theory to explore what is necessary for effectively combatting interstate war and related forms of violence, doing so by discussing both the historical origins of civil society and the matter of boundaries in limiting the exercise of civic power beyond a state's borders. Agreeing with Alexander's assessment, this reflection stresses the agonistic character of the perpetual struggle between peacemakers and warmakers and the increased dangers to humanity resulting from the new weapons of war made possible by the Military-Industrial Complex. It concludes by highlighting the centrality of law if civil power is to trump warrior culture, and if democracy is to offer a path to a more peaceful world.