The Responsibility of Intellectuals to Explain the Historical Background to International Conflicts: Ukraine and Israel/Palestine

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 749

Presented at a symposium titled “Intellectuals, Yesterday and Today,” held in December 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia, by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. To be published in a collection of papers from the symposium.

10 Pages Posted: 9 Jan 2023

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John Bernard Quigley

Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

Date Written: January 6, 2023

Abstract

Intellectuals in the West have failed to give the public background information on international conflict situations. This failure allows governments to act in ways that fail to promote resolution of such conflicts. This failure can be illustrated by the war in Ukraine that began in 2022, and by the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. Intellectuals need to question the histories that are accepted as true by governments and mass media. In regard both to Ukraine and to Israel/Palestine, Western governments are fashioning their approaches based on seriously defective understanding of the underlying facts.

Keywords: War, Palestine, Ukraine, Crimea, international law

Suggested Citation

Quigley, John Bernard, The Responsibility of Intellectuals to Explain the Historical Background to International Conflicts: Ukraine and Israel/Palestine (January 6, 2023). Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 749, Presented at a symposium titled “Intellectuals, Yesterday and Today,” held in December 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia, by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. To be published in a collection of papers from the symposium., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4319617 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4319617

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