Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century
Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century

Author: Jacob Bercovitch

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2009-09-08

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0472022180

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In the past, arbitration, direct bargaining, the use of intermediaries, and deference to international institutions were relatively successful tools for managing interstate conflict. In the face of terrorism, intrastate wars, and the multitude of other threats in the post–Cold War era, however, the conflict resolution tool kit must include preventive diplomacy, humanitarian intervention, regional task-sharing, and truth commissions. Here, Jacob Bercovitch and Richard Jackson, two internationally recognized experts, systematically examine each one of these conflict resolution tools and describe how it works and in what conflict situations it is most likely to be effective. Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century is not only an essential introduction for students and scholars, it is a must-have guide for the men and women entrusted with creating stability and security in our changing world. Cover illustration © iStockphoto.com

Sources of Conflict in the Twenty-first Century
Sources of Conflict in the Twenty-first Century

Author: Ralph D. Anderson

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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This paper reviews critically some of the more significant recent writings about the future security environment dealing with sources of conflict in the twenty-first century. The writings reviewed range between the unabashed optimism of Francis Fukuyama1s "end of history" (the history of violent conflict at any rate) and Robert Kaplan's pessimistic and grim "global anarchy"--A veritable worldwide descent into political, environmental and societal chaos. It is the author's conclusion that the forces acting in and on the security environment in the twenty-first century, while they can be identified with some degree of certainty, are so many, complex, interactive and at times contradictory that attempts to predict future conflicts are problematic. Never the less, they are vital to an understanding of the current and future international security environment and a vital part of the process by which a viable national security strategy is developed.

War and Power in the Twenty-First Century
War and Power in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Paul Hirst

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2002-01-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780745625218

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Future developments in war, armed conflict and international relations are central to our collective fate in this century. This book looks forward by considering the forces that will drive changes in military organizations, sources of conflict, the power of states and the nature of the international system. New military technologies will alter how wars are fought and will influence the balance of power. Changes in the global environment will provide new causes of conflict and will change economic priorities. As a result, the state will survive as the key social institution and populations will look to it to acquire and to distribute scarce resources like water, energy and land. Many of the changes that seem transformatory today, like globalization, the internet and mass consumerism, will be shown to be less significant than we believe them to be. Hirst puts such changes into perspective by comparing them with the revolutionary changes in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe: the firepower revolution, the rise of the sovereign territorial state and the parallel development of the international system, and the creation of world trade. These basic structures of the modern world are still with us and will remain, despite major changes in twenty-first-century society. This book will appeal to students of politics, political sociology & international relations as well as the interested general reader.

War and Power in the Twenty-First Century
War and Power in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Paul Hirst

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-01-28

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 0745697585

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Future developments in war, armed conflict and international relations are central to our collective fate in this century. This book looks forward by considering the forces that will drive changes in military organizations, sources of conflict, the power of states and the nature of the international system. New military technologies will alter how wars are fought and will influence the balance of power. Changes in the global environment will provide new causes of conflict and will change economic priorities. As a result, the state will survive as the key social institution and populations will look to it to acquire and to distribute scarce resources like water, energy and land. Many of the changes that seem transformatory today, like globalization, the internet and mass consumerism, will be shown to be less significant than we believe them to be. Hirst puts such changes into perspective by comparing them with the revolutionary changes in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe: the firepower revolution, the rise of the sovereign territorial state and the parallel development of the international system, and the creation of world trade. These basic structures of the modern world are still with us and will remain, despite major changes in twenty-first-century society. This book will appeal to students of politics, political sociology & international relations as well as the interested general reader.

War and Power in the Twenty-First Century
War and Power in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Paul Hirst

Publisher: Polity

Published: 2002-01-21

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780745625201

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Future developments in war, armed conflict and international relations are central to our collective fate in this century. This book looks forward by considering the forces that will drive changes in military organizations, sources of conflict, the power of states and the nature of the international system. New military technologies will alter how wars are fought and will influence the balance of power. Changes in the global environment will provide new causes of conflict and will change economic priorities. As a result, the state will survive as the key social institution and populations will look to it to acquire and to distribute scarce resources like water, energy and land. Many of the changes that seem transformatory today, like globalization, the internet and mass consumerism, will be shown to be less significant than we believe them to be. Hirst puts such changes into perspective by comparing them with the revolutionary changes in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe: the firepower revolution, the rise of the sovereign territorial state and the parallel development of the international system, and the creation of world trade. These basic structures of the modern world are still with us and will remain, despite major changes in twenty-first-century society. This book will appeal to students of politics, political sociology & international relations as well as the interested general reader.

The Changing Face of Warfare in the 21st Century
The Changing Face of Warfare in the 21st Century

Author: Gregory Simons

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-20

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1317039017

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This study discusses salient trends demonstrated by contemporary warfare of these first years of the 21st century. The authors reinforce previous notions of Fourth Generation Warfare, but most importantly explore the workings of new components and how these have modified the theory and practice of warfare beyond the basic divisions of conventional and unconventional warfare as witnessed in the preceding century. Throughout history there has been a close interaction between politics, communication and armed conflict and a main line of investigation of this book is to track changes that are presumed to have occurred in the way and manner in which armed conflicts are waged. Using cogent examples drawn variously from conflicts of the Arab Spring, the Islamic State and Russian adventurism in South Ossetia, Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, the authors demonstrate the application of Information Warfare, the practice of Hybrid Warfare, and offensive use of diplomacy, communications, economics and international law to obtain political and military advantages against the status quo states of the international community. The authors combine a theoretical framework with concrete empirical examples in order to create a better understanding and comprehension of the current events and processes that shape the character of contemporary armed conflicts and how they are informed and perceived in a highly mediatised and politicised world.