Journal article
The changing character of war: Making strategy in the early twenty-first century
- Abstract:
- Several fashionable fallacies affect current assessments of the character of conflict. It is always difficult to discern what changes will affect the strategic level, especially when attention is focused on particular wars and technological novelties. In this article, Rob Johnson argues that an honest appraisal of what is unchanging offers one route to that evaluation. Strategically, revisionist geopolitics, an electronic arms race between encryption and access, and a greater focus on protecting populations and national wealth are anticipated. After a period when the West could intervene across the globe at will, it appears that escalatory, existential threats are back, demanding a strategic solution.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 159.8KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/03071847.2017.1301489
Authors
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Journal:
- RUSI Journal More from this journal
- Volume:
- 162
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 6-12
- Publication date:
- 2017-04-03
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-04-03
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1744-0378
- ISSN:
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0307-1847
- Pubs id:
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pubs:687965
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uuid:c4bef1c1-364d-4dd2-8c12-6b9b82cf040f
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pubs:687965
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687965
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2017-04-05
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- © RUSI Journal
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © RUSI Journal. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Routledge at: https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2017.1301489
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