Weapons of Reason

In the eighth issue of Weapons of Reason, focused on the topic of conflict:

Women are often excluded from rebuilding efforts after conflicts — despite being especially affected by war and violence. In Out of the Ashes Aarathi Prasad, and illustrator Rose Wong, show how women are not just a vital pillar of post-conflict reconstruction, but the basis for the whole future.

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War has always been an essential tool of statecraft and empire building — a necessary means to acquire natural and human resources and expand territory. As a result, humanity is extremely adept at making excuses for it, using simple and effective narratives as an incitement to take up arms and lay down lives.

But what use are these old tricks in a progressively globalised world, in which trade, travel and technology connect us more than ever before? War, what is it good for?