13. March 2024

Courage to fly the "white flag"? - Prof. Dr. Schlie on the Pope's appeal Courage to fly the "white flag"? - Prof. Dr. Schlie on the Pope's appeal

CASSIS Director and holder of the Henry Kissinger Professorship for Security and Strategy Research, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie, criticizes the Pope's appeal for peace in an opinion piece in the international Catholic magazine "Communio". According to Schlie, the Pope's appeal was too one-sided and only addressed Ukraine.

Universität Bonn
Universität Bonn © CASSIS
Download all images in original size The impression in connection with the service is free, while the image specified author is mentioned.

Wars always end either through the complete subjugation of one side or through settlement. The Pope's statements are to be understood as a wake-up call that the current war in Ukraine could escalate into a conflagration at any time. However, it is a serious mistake to address only one side, the victim of aggression, in an appeal for peace and to omit the aggressor from the address.

Wird geladen