15 December 2017 No 31 ISSN 1664-7963 Current Concerns PO Box CH-8044 Zurich Current Concerns Switzerland The international journal for independent thought, ethical standards, moral responsibility, Phone: +41 44 350 65 50 Fax: +41 44 350 65 51 and for the promotion and respect of public international law, human rights and humanitarian law E-Mail:
[email protected] Website: www.currentconcerns.ch English Edition of Zeit-Fragen The decisive will to peace is a great force An interview with Dr Daniele Ganser A few weeks ago, ogist (peace scientist). Your latest book not secretly arm groups in other countries the French-lan- has now been published in French. Are to overthrow the government. Of course guage edition of all wars illegal ? we have large problems in the 21st centu- the bestseller of Daniele Ganser: In general, all wars are ry. But we can’t solve them with violence. the Swiss histori- illegal. The UN Charter, signed in 1945, an and peace re- explicitly states that states must resolve And yet, from the official level politicians searcher Daniele their conflicts of interests without resort- like Barack Obama and David Cameron Ganser, published ing to violence or arms. Wars are clearly are not criticised for their illegal actions, at the end of 2016 illegal. However, there are two exeptions: but on the contrary for not violating inter- Daniele Ganser and now in its sev- First, self-defense; if a country is attacked, national law a little more, when, in 2013, (picture enth edition, was it has the right to defend itself militarily.