Can there be a just war?

IF you think the threat of war in the Ukraine will not affect us — think again. World War 1 began in the Balkans and engulfed Europe. World War 2 started in Poland and involved the world.

The Hungarian-born British writer Arthur Koestler once said: "The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums." The Greek philosopher Plato said that peace, not war, is the true aim of good laws. The primordial objective of international law has always been the prevention of war through the resolution of conflict by peaceful means.