Building on a much shorter piece he published in February 2023, the article articulates pacifist reflections on the war.
The first section of the paper asks whether coordinated mass nonviolent civil disobedience would have been worse than the military path that was chosen instead. The second discusses two ingrained yet problematic assumptions that make it harder for pacifist criticisms to be heard: on the presumed efficacy of violence, and on the role of violence in 'human nature'. The third then reflects on how war transforms the agents of violence and entrenches 'warism' and militarism.
The paper is freely available as open access here. A list of Alex's other work on pacifism is available here.