НОВИ ТРЕНДОВИ МОДЕРНИХ РАТОВА
MAIN TRENDS OF MODERN WARS

Author(s): Goran Banjac, Đorđe Đukić
Subject(s): Politics, Security and defense, Military policy, Hybrid Warfare
Published by: Institut za strategijska istraživanja
Keywords: asymmetric warfare; non-traditional subjects; hybrid wars
Summary/Abstract: The last decades of the twentieth and the beginning of the twentyfirst century have brought about great and revolutionary changes in the international political scene, in scientific and technological progress and in the conduct of wars in general. The establishment, and then the collapse of the bipolar world order, created an atmosphere characterized by a broad political-ideological confrontation. Scientific and technological progress "reduced" the world and offered new means for achieving the set goals of the opposing sides. New strategies and doctrines have been developed, and the development and introduction of new weapons and means of war technology has been accelerated. Wars were waged around the world in different conditions, using different means and with varying success, so victory could sometimes be achieved independently of the actual military power of the conflicted sides. War as a social phenomenon is no longer closely related to armed forms of endangerment. Although the achievement of goals through the use of the armed forces remains the main feature of the war, other ways of influencing the opposite side are gaining increasing importance. In the foreground, a change is made to the behavior model of the enemy, not the physical destruction of its effects. That is why some authors announce a new generation of wars, which will take place in completely different spheres and lead with other means. Others, on the other hand, claim that postmodern wars are just a logical evolution of classic wars, caused by changing the current conditions in which they are being led. What they all agree on is the need to overcome the traditional approach and to understand the role, organization and concept of the use of the armed forces in accordance with the main trends of modern wars.

• Details
• Contents