It’s Not Just A Proxy-War. It’s Worse | Dr. Friedrich Glasl

The war in Ukraine consists of at least three interlinking conflicts and can not be resolved without de-escalating all of them says the ’father’ of modern conflict theory, Dr. Dr. Friedrich Glasl. In his analysis he shows how to best conceptualise the intricate net of conflicts that are raging in and around Ukraine. Dr. Glasl was born in Vienna, in 1941. He dedicated his academic work to researching conflicts and organisational systems getting his PhD in international conflict prevention in 1967. Later he ventured into the field of economics and management theory, building up his own management consultancy in which he applied his theory to improve companies and help them manage conflicts. One of the keys to his work is understanding that conflicts themselves are not bad, but that they need to be managed and resolved responsibly instead of through strategies of violence. ------------------------------------------------------ Pascal’s academic articles about neutrality studies: “In Defense of Neutrals: Why They’re More Than Fence Sitter” Foreign Policy, June 6, 2023. “The Future of Neutrality”. Geneva Center for Security Policy, Policy Briefs, no.4, 2023. ISBN: 978-2-88947-407-3. “Dual-Neutrality for the Koreas: A Two-Pronged Approach toward Reunification.” Defense & Security Analysis, 2022, “The Politics and Diplomacy of Neutrality.” Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, 2022, “Neutrality Studies.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, New York: Oxford University Press, 2022, ). “Going East: Switzerland’s Early Consular Diplomacy toward East and Southeast Asia.” Traverse: Zeitschrift für Geschichte 27 no. 1, 2020, 23–34, “Violent Conflicts and Neutral Legations: A Case Study of the Spanish and Swiss Legations in Wartime Japan.” New Global Studies 11, no.2, 20 17. 85–100, Pascal’s books about neutrality studies: Lottaz Pascal, and Ingemar Ottosson. Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War 1931–1945. London: Routledge, 2021. Lottaz Pascal, Heinz Gärtner, and Herbert Reginbogin, eds. Neutral Beyond the Cold: Neutral States and the Post-Cold War International System. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2022, Reginbogin, Herbert, and Pascal Lottaz, eds. Permanent Neutrality: A Model for Peace, Security, and Justice. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020, Lottaz Pascal, and Herbert Reginbogin, eds. Notions of Neutralities. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019,
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