“War & Peace in the 21st Century” Seminar, Croatia Thoughts on war and violent conflicts at the beginning of the 21st century were marked by claims that there is a qualitative and quantitative shift in the nature of violent conflicts. According to these claims there is a significant change in the scope, methods, financing, organisation and intensity of contemporary warfare. Modern wars are supposedly decentralised and more chaotic. They represent the final consequences of global economic and political processes and differ from ‘old wars’ typically fought over territories and populations’ identity. In addition, the boundaries between the state of war and peace are becoming increasingly blurred and the risk of significant collective violence has increased around the world. However, at the same time a growing number of empirical studies show that the ‘new wars’ do not in fact differ from the wars fought in the previous centuries nor that they are greater in number, intensity or civilian casualties. Link: mreza-mira.net/4376-war-peace-21st-century-seminar-croatia/
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