Taiwan: Peace, Stability, and the Status Quo

World politics dances to a three-step waltz: War, Peace, and Revolution; repeat. Wars are fought to create a better world for the victors. An improvement substantial enough to justify the cost of conflict, a calculation fraught with unknowns and subjective values. Peace then protects this new world order. The most prominent example was the creation of the United Nations to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.”