International Security and War. Politics and Grand Strategy in the 21st Century : the Continuing Relevance of War.

Intro -- INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND WAR. POLITICS AND GRAND STRATEGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND WAR. POLITICS AND GRAND STRATEGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- CONTENTS -- Chapter 1 OVERVIEW: POLICY AND GRAND STRATEGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE CONTINUING RELEVANCE OF WAR AND POLITICS -- REFERENCES -- PART I: THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF STRATEGIC STUDIES -- Chapter 2 APPROACHING THE STUDY OF STRATEGY -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. NEW WARS -- 2. TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, RMA, AND TRANSFORMATION -- 3. COMPLEXITY, CHAOS, AND NON-LINEARITY -- 4. SECURITY STUDIES -- 5. IRREGULAR WARFARE, COUNTERINSURGENCY (COIN) AND COUNTERTERRORISM (CT) -- 6. CULTURE -- 7. GRAND STRATEGY -- 8. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 THE UTILITY OF STRATEGY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 THE EVOLUTION OF STRATEGIC THOUGHT SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY: THE GERMAN MOLTKE-SCHLIEFFEN-LUDENDORFF-TRIAD VS. BRITISH LIDDELL HART1 -- 1. CLASSICAL AUTHORS IN THE FIELD OF STRATEGY -- 2. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ -- 3. MOLTKE - SCHLIEFFEN - LUDENDORFF: THE TRIAD -- 3.1. Helmuth von Moltke -- 3.2. Alfred von Schlieffen -- 3.3. Erich Ludendorff -- 4. BASIL HENRY LIDDELL HART: THE ANTIPODE -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 THE STRANGE PERSISTENCE OF TRINITARIAN WARFARE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ELEMENTS OF THE TRINITY -- CLAUSEWITZ AND THE STATE -- THE PERSISTENCE OF STRUCTURE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 THE WAY AHEAD: STRATEGIC STUDIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF STRATEGIC STUDIES -- NEW CHALLENGES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART II: CHALLENGES FOR THE CONTEMPORARY STRATEGIC THOUGHT -- Chapter 7 THE RE-POLITICIZATION OF WAR AND VIOLENCE CONFLICT: THE WORLD POWERS ARE STRIKING BACK -- 1. THE DECLINE OF POLITICAL ORDER AFTER THE COLD WAR AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE USSR.

2. THE RE-IDEOLOGIZATION AND RE-POLITICIZATION OF WAR IN THE PROCESS OF STATE-BUILDING -- 3. THE CONCEPT OF "WORLD ORDER-CONFLICT" -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN CONTEMPORARY STRATEGIC THOUGHT -- INTRODUCTION -- DETERRENCE DURING THE COLD WAR -- "THE SECOND NUCLEAR AGE" -- THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF DETERRENCE IN US STRATEGIC THOUGHT -- TOWARDS "TAILORED DETERRENCE" -- COLD WAR NUCLEAR STRATEGY AND "TAILORED DETERRENCE" -- THE CHALLENGES FOR "TAILORED DETERRENCE" -- THE MARGINALIZATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 "STAR WARS" REVISITED? THE IMPACT OF MISSILE DEFENSE ON STRATEGIC THINKING DURING THE BUSH-ADMINISTRATION -- COUNTER-PROLIFERATION -- NATO -- EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN SECURITY -- MISSILE EARLY WARNING AND SPACE OPERATIONS -- THE FRENCH WAY -- "STAR WARS" REVISITED? -- CONCLUSION: DEFENSE AND DIPLOMACY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 DEBATING THE REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS: OPTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SMALL TO MEDIUM MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS -- DEBATING THE NATURE OF THE RMA -- THE CENTRALITY OF TECHNOLOGY? -- THE UNIVERSALITY OF THE RMA? -- AFFORDING THE RMA -- DEBATING OUTCOMES THE END RESULT - A TRANSFORMED MILITARY ORGANISATION? -- THE 'NEW SECURITY AGENDA' -- COUNTER-INSURGENCY AND COUNTER-TERROR OPERATIONS -- PEACE OPERATIONS -- HUMANITARIAN AND DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS -- CONCLUSION - THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND OPERATIONAL SUCCESS IN MODERN WAR: A HISTORICAL VIEW ON RMA -- INTRODUCTION -- "MILITARY REVOLUTIONS" NOW AND THEN -- DATA SET AND THEORETICAL EXPECTATIONS -- EMPIRICAL METHODOLOGY AND SPECIFICATIONS -- ESTIMATION RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 TERRORISM AND STRATEGY -- 1. INTRODUCTION: TERRORISM AS A SUBJECT OF STRATEGY.

2. CRITICISM OF THE STRATEGIC APPROACH VIS-A-VIS CONTEMPORARY TERRORISM -- 3. INVESTIGATING TERRORISM AS A STRATEGY - INSIGHTS AND SHORTCOMINGS -- 3.1. Provocation is not the Only Terrorist Strategy Employed and Might Not Even be the Dominating One When it Comes to Contemporary Terrorism, and Especially, Al Qaeda -- 3.2. Differing Views With Respect to the Need for a Receptive and Supportive Audience in Contemporary Terrorism -- 3.3. Network Structures: A Key Enabler for Strategic Success? -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM -- INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - A STRATEGIC CHALLENGE A SECURITY POLICY CHALLENGE -- A TRANSATLANTIC CHALLENGE -- ISLAMIST TERRORISM -- ISLAM / ISLAMISM -- AN ASYMMETRIC FACE OF WAR -- THE MEDIA -- MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS -- Two Security Policy Paradigm Shifts -- Offensive US Strategy -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALLIANCES PLACED IN PERSPECTIVE -- EUROPE AS A SECURITY POLICY PLAYER -- PROTECTING AGAINST TERRORISM -- MILITARY MEASURES -- OVERALL ASSESSMENT -- MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF INTERNATIONAL (ISLAMIST) TERRORISM - A NEW APPROACH -- Basic Understanding -- ISLAMISM AS A STARTING POINT ISLAMISM AS THE ESSENCE OF THE CHALLENGE -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SPIRITUAL/IDEOLOGICAL DIMENSION OF THE CHALLENGE -- THE STRATEGY OF DELEGITIMIZATION -- STEP ONE -- STEP TWO -- STEP THREE -- STEP FOUR -- CONCLUSION -- The Contribution of Europe -- Joint Basic Understanding as a Catalyst -- The Limits of Military Political Capabilities -- OUTLOOK -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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