Essays about: "asymmetric warfare"
Found 4 essays containing the words asymmetric warfare.
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1. Hybrid War: A Conceptual History Study : The meaning of hybrid war in the scholarly debate between 2008-2021
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : This thesis examines the meaning and construction of the debated concept of hybrid war/warfare in the existing scholarly literature. The identified research problem stems from the lack of reflection on the conceptual reasoning and thought that underpins the nature of war, which relates to the fact that a historical linguistic perspective is neglected in most studies on war. READ MORE
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2. Pro-Government Interventions and Civil Wars : Examining Legitimacy-focused Pro-Government Interventions in Asymmetric Civil Wars
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : External unilateral intervention in civil wars has been always a subject of interest in international relations, especially during the Cold War and after the Bosnian civil war. Unilateral interventions have come to the surface again with recent examples in Syria, Yemen, Ukraine, and Libya. READ MORE
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3. Asymmetric warfare and challenges for international humanitarian law : Civilian direct participation in hostilities and state response
University essay from Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Most conflicts today are asymmetric, meaning that the parties differ in terms of qualitative and quantitative strenght. The definition of asymmetric warfare used in this thesis is when one party to the conflict is a non state-actor seeking to defeat a state opponent by using means and methods that are prohibited under international humanitarian law. READ MORE
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4. Understanding Asymmetric Warfare - The plight of the strong: Actors, Dynamics and Strategy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Asymmetric warfare has gradually become a common occurrence in an increasingly interconnected world, as the interactions between militarily unequal adversaries grow ever more frequent. Because the strong do not always emerge victorious, which we presume they would, the following question is warranted: how can asymmetric warfare be understood? In other words: how are we to understand the processes which enable weak actors to win against vastly superior adversaries. READ MORE
