The Strategic Logic of the Contemporary Security Dilemma

Abstract

From the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 to the end of World War II and beyond the Cold War period, the prevailing assumption was that interstate warfare would continue to be the dominant threat to global peace and prosperity. Today s wars, by contrast, are intrastate conflicts that take place mainly within not across national borders. As a consequence, the disease of intrastate conflict has been allowed to rage relatively unchecked across large areas of the world, and has devastated the lives of millions of human beings. At the same time, indirect and implicit unmet needs (e.g., poverty) lead people into greater and greater personal and collective insecurity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA555228

Entities

People

  • Max G. Manwaring

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Globalization
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Recreation
  • Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.