“Keeping the Peace”: The Logic of Deterrence and the Language of Military Capability

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Paul Silas Peterson

PD Dr. theol. Paul Silas Peterson ist Evangelischer Theologe am Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr in Potsdam und Privatdozent an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen. 

This article is part of issue 2024/02 Ready for War, Defense-Capable - and Peaceable?

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All articles in this issue

Ready to Fight a War? Peace Ethics Reflections

Franz-Josef Overbeck

“Keeping the Peace”: The Logic of Deterrence and the Language of Military Capability

Paul Silas Peterson

Suddenly Ready for War? German Pacifism in the “Zeitenwende”

Timo Graf

Conscription, War-Capable Bundeswehr and Defensive Society in Times of Hybrid Warfare

Andrea Ellner

Defense Capability – the Secret of Finnish Happiness?

Minna Ålander

If You Want Peace, Prepare for War: Deterrence Today

Beatrice Heuser

Specials

The Operational Plan for Germany – Building Block for a Whole-of-Government and Whole-of-Society Approach to Resilient Defence Readiness

André Bodemann

“We see clear signs that we're no longer living in a classic state of peace“

Michael Giss