Give War a Chance? Critiquing Luttwak’s Middle East Strategy
The phrase “Give War a Chance” emerged from a controversial thesis developed by strategist Edward Luttwak in a widely cited essay published in the late 1990s. His argument suggested that external interventions particularly humanitarian ceasefires, peacekeeping deployments, and emergency aid often interrupt the natural trajectory of conflicts before exhaustion forces combatants toward compromise. According to […]
