September 2014

Relevance of Mary Kaldor’s ‘new wars’ thesis in the 21st century

The nature and characteristics of war in the post-cold war era have been the focus of academic debates in the field of Peace and Conflict studies in recent years especially with regard to whether or not a distinction should be made between ‘old’ and ‘new’ wars. Mary Kaldor’s ‘new wars’ thesis, a very significant contribution to these debates, argues that there is a distinction...

Author(s): Dodeye Uduak Williams