'New' wars
- Created by: Connie
- Created on: 15-06-15 10:09
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- From 'old' wars to 'new' wars
- Rise of identity politics
- 'Identity wars' quest for cultural regeneration
- Wars are no longer fought for ideological reasons, but from pressures of globalisation
- Sen; 'solitaristic' forms of identity
- Lessening civilian and military divide
- Syria; 1.3 million refugees
- No longer confined to battlefield
- Smith; 'war amongst the people'
- Decline of inter-state conflict, replaced with civil wars (intrastate)
- Post Cold War era- end of 'zones of peace' to create 'zones of turmoil'
- Weak states such as Afghanistan
- Post colonial world
- Heritage of ethnic and tribal rivalry
- Post Cold War era- end of 'zones of peace' to create 'zones of turmoil'
- Post-modern
- Clausewitzian paradigm; war had rules and had regulated armed conflict
- A new style of warfare has now developed- harder to control and track
- Asymmetrical wars
- US-led wars in Vietnam, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan
- Guerilla warfare
- Clandestine strategies and tactics, hearts and minds, diplomatic pressure on stronger sides
- More barbaric methods used
- Rules of war set aside
- Kidnapping, torture, systematic ****, car bombs, suicide bombers
- Rise of identity politics
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