Papi__Stalin t1_iu1o5ia wrote on October 27, 2022 at 9:59 PM

Reply to comment by dv666 in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_

Ah cheers man. I do history and politics with an IR module and luckily a lot of the professors here are either skeptical or outright hostile to the idea of the Westphalian System.

One of them wrote a book which was something like "Westphalia for the Middle East" which is an interesting read as it essentially argues that the Westphalian peace was essentially ensured limits on sovereignty to protect certain rights and limited intervention. He argues that something similar might help to solve many if the problems the Middle East face.