Chapter 13 Notes
-in the future there will be three major types of wars: economic. Cultural, and environmental
-The RMA (revolution in military affairs) will affect each of these as it can lead to future conflicts
Economic War:
-competition between countries, the health of the economy may become a future security issue
-Luttwak: countries will battle for territory, religion, resourses but also for economic supremacy – development of new mercantilism
-countries with a sound economy can maintain a sound military
-zero sum games will be the means to achieve victory in these economic wars
Cultural Wars:
-a review of the clash between civilizations by
-it is the difference between cultures which will lead to the clash
-West VS the Rest also the country kin syndrome
Environmental conflicts:
-competition for resources (oil, water, fisheries, land)
-to ensure victory armies will target resources (ruin water supplies, salting the fields)
-examples of future conflicts will be over
RMA:
-development of stealth technology and decrease the fog of war
-armies will be able to have better simulations for battles
-increase of accuracy in missile combat
-source for future wars (creation of the security dilemma)