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New Types of Conflict

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Gewalt und Konflikt in einer globalisierten Welt

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Conflicts in the 1990s have certain distinctive features although their evolution can be traced through earlier conflicts, particularly the struggles for national liberation in the 1960s and 1970s and the ‚low intensity’ warfare of the 1980s. Some conflicts date back several decades but they have passed through different phases which reflect the changing evolution of conflict. The distinctive features of the 1990s can partly be explained in historical terms, in terms of the logic of political-military evolution, and partly in terms of the globalised context in which these conflicts take place.

I am grateful to Robin Lachkam for extensive comments on an earlier draft of this article.

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Kaldor, M. (2001). New Types of Conflict. In: Stanley, R. (eds) Gewalt und Konflikt in einer globalisierten Welt. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-83356-3_2

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