The Changing Fights and Fighters of Contemporary War
From the Margins to the Middle
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This interdisciplinary volume examines how movement between the margins and mainstream of warfare is impacting contemporary conflict. Actors, battlefields, and practices traditionally considered within the margins of war – such as propagandists, and private companies – have increasingly found themselves at the centre of conflicts, while traditional practices, actors, and locations of war – such as geographically bounded battlefields and uniform clad soldiers engaging their enemy in direct battle – have become increasingly marginalized. Anchored in the war studies tradition with its prudent, multidisciplinary approach, this volume offers a fresh conceptual frame for an overdue investigation into how the changing practices in contemporary wars permit us to reevaluate our understandings of fighters and battlefields.
Marie Robin is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), Leiden University (The Netherlands), researching revenge in conflicts, disinformation/propaganda, and the ethics of war.
Amelie Theussen is Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Defence College, researching the changing character of war and Arctic and Baltic Sea security.
Kerstin Bree Carlson is Associate Professor in Law and Society at Roskilde University (Denmark) and The American University of Paris researching terror law and transitional justice.
This interdisciplinary volume examines how movement between the margins and mainstream of warfare is impacting contemporary conflict. Actors, battlefields, and practices traditionally considered within the margins of war – such as propagandists, and private companies – have increasingly found themselves at the centre of conflicts, while traditional practices, actors, and locations of war – such as geographically bounded battlefields and uniform clad soldiers engaging their enemy in direct battle – have become increasingly marginalized. Anchored in the war studies tradition with its prudent, multidisciplinary approach, this volume offers a fresh conceptual frame for an overdue investigation into how the changing practices in contemporary wars permit us to reevaluate our understandings of fighters and battlefields.
Provides a novel argument conceptualizing changes to war as movements between the margins and mainstream of warfare Offers a multidisciplinary in-depth investigation of the changing fighters and battlefields of contemporary wars Considers contemporary warfare to discuss the fundamental relevance of these changes
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Marie Robin
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Security studies War studies Transitional justice Methods of warfare International humanitarian law Changing character of war Contemporary war and warfare Non-state actors in war peace and conflict studies
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“This book explores the multifaceted, complex, and fluid relationship between the margins and the centre of warfare, questioning enduring assumptions in the study of war—particularly the primacy of the centre over the periphery. By reinterpreting classical and emerging themes such as proxy war, cyber operations, peacemaking, and military organisations through the lens of margin-centre interactions, the book offers fresh and original perspectives on longstanding debates. This volume is of particular interest to scholars and practitioners engaged in the study of war, peace, security, and conflict.” (Chiara Ruffa, professor of political science at Sciences Po, France)
“This collection of essays reconceptualises an old debate in a new form. Rather than agonise over the distinction between war's nature and its character, it sees war in terms of the relationship between combat - the 'middle' - and its periphery. The latter can shape war decisively from the outside, just as much as the former can spread outwards in unforgiving and surprising ways. The result is a host of fresh perspectives designed to stimulate innovative thinking in challenging times.” (Prof Sir Hew Strachan, Professor of International Relations, University St. Andrews)
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