Eight people were killed and eleven others were hurt after a truck plowed through a bike path in Manhattan, New York on Tuesday. To learn more about the attack, Sonia Sunger sat down with SFU[…]
Category: Fifth Generation Warfare
[A. White] Out of Iraq and Levant, ISIS Is an Idea, Not a Group; ISIS nodes
ISIS nodes and why we’re failing Self-organising decentralised terrorist nodes Outside of Iraq and the Levant, ISIS is an idea rather than a terrorist organisation. Unlike traditional terrorist organisations like the IRA, Haqqani network, ETA, Force 17, the ISIS[…]
[Candyce Kelshall] Lone wolfs, terror networks, cells or social movements? Will the real terrorism please stand up?
What does the London 2017 attack tell us? CONTEXT vs INCIDENT Each terror attack is looked at in isolation. It is scrutinised, analysed and categorised according to low tech, high tech, international connections and group[…]
[William Pitch] 4GW is Groundless, and Here’s Why
“War has changed” has become a common refrain in modern pop culture. Defence analysts and armchair generals alike tell us that the character of modern war is unlike that of any previous era. Where once[…]
[Candyce Kelshall] THE NEW ORDER: Poised above the abyss of disintegration
The US has just experienced a political insurgency. The system and structures of government have come under attack from within the political system. This is not a new phenomenon. Germany witnessed the same thing in[…]
[Ian Bertram] The Return of Limited War
Limited war is a topic covered heavily in military discussions since World War II. It is often touted as the diametric opposite of total war, where a nation or society dedicates all of their resources[…]
[Liz Sly] 10 new wars that could be unleashed as a result of the one against ISIS
The borders of the Islamic State’s “caliphate” are shrinking fast. The group’s strongholds in Iraq and Syria are collapsing one by one. The U.S.-led war has reached a point where questions are being raised about[…]
[Patrick James Christian] ORIGIN & EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM & RADICALIZATION
ORIGIN & EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM & RADICALIZATION: [1] Dr Patrick J. Christian, Dr Aleksandra Nesic, Dr David Sniffen, Dr Rebecca Nicholson, Dr Tasneem Aljehani, Dr Khaled Al Sumairi, Dr Narayan B. Khadka, Dr Basimah[…]
[Nail Can Ilhan] What is Martin van Creveld’s concept of Transformation of War, and how is it relevant in understanding current conflicts?
When trying to understand current conflicts in the international system, van Creveld’s Transformation of War is an important concept that should be applied to the critical thinking of the issue. According to Martin van Creveld[…]
[Colonel Thomas. X. Hammes] Fourth Generation Warfare Evolves, FIFTH EMERGES.
Seventeen years ago, a small group of authors introduced the concept of “Four generations of War.” Frankly, the concept did not get much traction for the first dozen years. Then came 9/11. Some of the[…]