Sohail Inayatullah Alternative Futures of War: Imagining the Impossible

“War is the darkest spot on humanity’s history.”  P.R. Sarkar

Asking if war has a future may appear ludicrous, given that the 20th century was one of the bloodiest ever, and that scores of low grade wars are currently maiming and killing countless thousands. You may wonder why even ask? Haven’t we always had war? Won’t we always have war?

At times, however, questioning can lead us toward a different type of analysis, possibly even giving us the means to create a...