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Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels, "Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

Jul 26, 2024

Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels discuss the future of war post Ukraine invasion, exploring technological advancements, strategic interactions, and challenges in predicting future conflicts. They highlight the evolving nature of warfare, societal mobilization, and the metaphysical dimensions of war. The guests also share insights into future research projects and recent publications in the field.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Exploring Future War and Strategic Interactions

01:31 • 4min

Exploring Necessity Versus Contingency in Historical Events and Future Trends in Security and Defense

05:28 • 10min

Exploring Challenges in Predicting Future Wars and Military Orientations

15:13 • 4min

The Future of War and Its Complexities

19:07 • 21min

Evolving Nature of War and Societal Mobilization

40:20 • 24min

Exploring the Metaphysical and Existential Dimensions of War

01:04:10 • 4min

Exploring Future Research Projects and Recent Publications

01:07:41 • 3min

War in the 21st century will remain a chameleon that takes on different forms and guises. Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War (Oxford University Press, 2024) edited by Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels offers the first comprehensive update and revision of ideas about the future of war since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. It argues that the war has fundamentally shifted our perspective on the nature and character of future war, but also cautions against marginalising many other parallel trends, types of war, and ways of waging them.

World-renowned international experts from the War Studies field consider the impact of the war in Ukraine on the broader social phenomenon of war: they analyse visions of future war; examine the impact of technological innovation on its conduct; assess our ability to anticipate its future; and consider lessons learned for leaders, soldiers, strategists, scholars and concerned citizens.

Beyond Ukraine features contributions from Azar Gat, Beatrice Heuser, Antulio Echevarria, Audrey Cronin, T.X. Hammes, Kenneth Payne, Frank Hoffman, David Betz, Jan Willem Honig, and many other pre-eminent thinkers on the past, present and future of war—including an afterword by the late Christopher Coker.

Tim Sweijs is the Director of Research at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and a Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands’ War Studies Research Centre of the Netherlands Defence Academy.

Jeffrey H. Michaels PhD is the IEN Senior Fellow in American Foreign Policy and International Security at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals.

Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Sciences, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history.

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