The Price of Peace

How Corporations Profit from Endless Conflict

Julian Hawthorne Blackwell

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Vij Books
20 September 2025

Nationalism; Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

What if the world isn't broken by accident-but by design?

This eye-opening investigation reveals how global chaos has quietly become one of the most lucrative business models of our time. From defence contractor analysis to the hidden strategies behind NGOs in conflict zones, this book pulls back the curtain on the economic machine that thrives not on resolution, but on disorder.

Forget what you thought you knew about peacekeeping. In a system where corporate war profiteering is standard operating procedure and where geopolitical instability investment is tracked like weather patterns, the old narratives of heroism and diplomacy collapse. In their place lies a sprawling ecosystem of security firm profit motives, data brokers' conflict analytics, and governments addicted to the revenue of risk.

You'll discover why the military-industrial complex critique barely scratches the surface-and how conflict economy has evolved into a subscription-based model of engineered emergency. Whether you're a policymaker, investor, journalist, or simply a citizen trying to make sense of the headlines, this is your map to the financial anatomy of endless war.

With chilling clarity and urgent relevance, this book doesn't just expose the business of global unrest-it challenges you to rethink what ""peace"" really means in a world where stability is no longer profitable.

By: Julian Hawthorne Blackwell
Imprint: Vij Books
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9789348738646
ISBN 10: 934873864X
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 20 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Julian Hawthorne Blackwell is an investigative economic philosopher whose work pierces the veil between peace and profit. With dual backgrounds in political economy and systems ethics, Blackwell has spent years tracing the financial sinews that tie corporate growth to global disorder. His writing synthesises forensic case studies, cultural critique, and moral introspection to reveal the hidden markets of conflict. Previously a contributor to Foreign Affairs and The Atlantic, and a research fellow at the Institute for Ethical Systems, he brings clarity, rigour, and a quiet moral urgency to The Price of Peace.