Den postmoderne krigens profet

Ifølge den israelske militærhistorikeren Martin van Creveld går perioden med konvensjonelle, mellomstatlige kriger mot slutten, og uten dem vil det moderne statssystemet forvitre. Men det betyr ikke at verden går inn i en ny og fredeligere periode. Krigen vil alltid være blant oss.

Denne artikkelen ble først publisert i Minerva 2/2010.

We are entering an era, not of peaceful economic competition between trading blocks, but of warfare between ethnic and religious groups…. Unless the societies in question are willing to adjust both thought and action to the rapidly changing new realities, they are likely to reach the point where they no longer be capable of employing organized violence at all. Once this situation comes about, their continued survival as cohesive political entities will also be put in doubt. — Martin van Creveld, The Transformation of War, 1991.