The question in the title of this editorial is the name of a song played by “Legi~ao Urbana,” a famous Brazilian rock band from the 1980s and 1990s. Overall, the song has a very strong political message that seems incredibly up to date and relevant almost 30 y after its release. There are many possible answers to the question evoked by this song: Brazil is the country of music, carnival, warm p...

During the “short” twentieth century, Yugoslav state on several occasions faced wars or conflicts in which it temporarily permanently disappeared. The Second World War irrevocably destroyed Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was occupied, fragmented, and came out war with a changed socio-political structure. When fire spread again to Yugoslavia April 1941, Danube bridges were also damaged. They by army ...

Conventional and tired characterizations of civil wars invoke images endless chaos relentless violence perpetuated by armed groups. In reality, are defned unique forms wartime social political order, anything but chaotic.1 This study focuses on ‘rebel governance’ as a specifc rebel-civilian sociopolitical relationship in which rebel groups participate the administration civilian afairs. Using d...

This article examines the first leaflet produced by anti-Nazi White Rose group in 1942, focusing on its use of a quotation from Goethe’s festival play Des Epimenides Erwachen. I begin exploring appropriation Goethe Nazi Regime, particular instrumentalisation his works during wartime. In contrast, then consider how their chosen passage to send an anti-war message and incite passive resistance, r...

Though the majority of physicists would probably not support preemptive wars, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction would not exist without their contributions. Einstein’s anti-militaristic position has been well-documented and the present essay recalls the role of some contemporary and past physicists on this issue. The idea that the rationality of scientific thought is a reliable anti...

We build a model for predicting civil wars where the government bargains with an opposition group using concessions and repression. The equilibrium is either a state of perpetual peace where there are only concessions and no repression, or the equilibrium leads to civil wars, where the concessions are lower and repression higher as compared to the peace equilibrium. An initial movement towards ...