Into the Future: The Rivalry of Major Powers
Aug 2008, Vol. 153, No. 4
By Jeremy Black
An understanding of the diversity of future wars helps explain the range of future conflict. There will be no one type of war, and thus no one way of waging or winning war. Military goals will vary greatly, as will political contexts, and the two are closely linked. Yet the linkage is also uncertain because there is a degree of autonomy: while war may be the pursuit of politics, the institutions for and demands of conflict have needs of their own that do not readily respond to political requirements.
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By Jeremy Black
An understanding of the diversity of future wars helps explain the range of future conflict. There will be no one type of war, and thus no one way of waging or winning war. Military goals will vary greatly, as will political contexts, and the two are closely linked. Yet the linkage is also uncertain because there is a degree of autonomy: while war may be the pursuit of politics, the institutions for and demands of conflict have needs of their own that do not readily respond to political requirements.
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