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Costs of War: Reflecting on 25 Years of Forever Wars Post-9/11

Posted on September 9, 2026September 9, 2026 by TPNS
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What we urgently need now is a rethinking of the entire concept of security. Even after the end of the Cold War, it has been envisioned mostly in military terms. Over the past few years, all we’ve been hearing is talk about weapons, missiles and airstrikes… The overriding goal must be human security: providing food, … Continue reading Mikhail Gorbachev

― Mikhail Gorbachev

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.

― Albert Einstein


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