Clausewitz, Foucault and Ukraine: When War Becomes Politics and Politics Becomes War

www.lvivherald.com · 2026-10-01 · by Long Nguyen ·generic
By Matthew ParishMonday 7 September 2026There are two famous propositions about war and politics, and the war in Ukraine provides an unusually terrible laboratory in which to test them. The first belongs to Carl von Clausewitz:War is the continuation of politics by other means.The second is associated with Michel Foucault, who deliberately reversed the proposition:Politics is the continuation of war by other means.At first sight these appear to be opposites. Clausewitz tells us that politics com

Clausewitz, Foucault and Ukraine: When War Becomes Politics and Politics Becomes War

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