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Faultline 25

In every age, we have been reminded of the inherent and extreme contradictions of war. The stresses of armed conflict bring out the best and the worst in mankind, stirring in the human mind unequalled rapacity and inconceivable self-sacrifice, moral collapse and spiritual exaltation.Religions of peace provoke the bloodiest wars; conflict gives rise to intense and enduring efforts of accommodation to restore peace; democracies struggle against the insidious machinations of the deep state; and accelerating technological transformations are a blessing and a curse, empowering new formations, even as they cripple and marginalize those who fail to cope.