Beyond Ukraine : debating the future of war / Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels (editors)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction / Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels .-- Part I: Bounding The Impact Of The War In Ukraine .-- 1. Revisiting Putin’s 2022 Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for Strategic and Security Studies / Antulio Echevarria .-- 2. The Futures of War: A Recent Western History / Frans Osinga .-- 3. After Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Is the Decline of War a Delusion? / Azar Gat .-- 4. The Next War Would Be a Cyberwar, Right? Lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian War / Paul Ducheine, Peter Pijpers and Kraesten Arnold .-- Part II: Landscapes Of Future War .-- 5. Four Faces of War / Frank Hoffman .-- 6. People’s War vs Professional War: Which Has the Future in Europe? / Jan Willem Honig .-- 7. Urbicide and the Future of Civil War / David Betz .-- 8. Living with Denial? Great Power Competition Over Economic and Military Access / Paul van Hooft .-- Part III: Military Innovation And The Future Of War .-- 9. Military-Technological Innovation in the Digital Age / Audrey Cronin .-- 10. The Rising Dominance of the Tactical Defense? / T.X. Hammes .-- 11. Artificial Intelligence and the Nature of War / Kenneth Payne .-- 12. Assembling the Future of Warfare: Innovating Swarm Technology within the Dutch Military–Industrial–Commercial Complex / Lauren Gould, Linde Arentze and Marijn Hoijtink .-- Part IV: Anticipating The Future Of War .-- 13. The Past as Guide to the Future / Beatrice Heuser .-- 14. Forecasting the Future of War / Collin J. Meisel .-- 15. The War in Ukraine and the Apocalyptic Imaginary / Jeni Mitchell .-- 16. War as Becoming / Antoine Bousquet

War in the 21st century will remain a chameleon that takes on different forms and guises. This book 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