Rewind and Reconnoiter: War is on the Rocks with John Mueller

In 2021, John Mueller wrote “War is on the Rocks” for War on the Rocks, in which he argued that interstate war was on the decline and was an institution no longer needed by international society. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing potential for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, we asked him to look back on the article. Read more below. Photo Credit: Wikicommons (Photo by AlfvanBeem) In your article “War Is on the Rocks” written in 2021, you argued that interstate war was on the decline and that war is an institution scarcely required by international society. The