PAPER: INDECISIVE WAR WILL DEFINE FUTURE CONFLICTS
Photo by: U.S. Army/Staff Sergeant Matthew Foster
Fri, 05/05/2023 - 07:08
Despite advancements in technology, the world is entering into a new era of conflict that will be defined by indecisive warfare, according to a new paper published by the Association of the U.S. Army.
In “Stalemate: Are Changes in Warfare Leading to a New Age of Indecisive War?” authors Maj. Gen. Christopher Smith, an Australian Army officer serving as deputy commanding general for strategy and plans with U.S. Army Pacific, and Maj. Ben Flores, who is serving as Smith’s executive officer, write that this new era of conflict will be defined by stalemate, close-quarter fighting and limited war aims.
“We are entering a new age of indecisive warfare … in which only limited war objectives are possible,” Smith and Flores write. “While limited warfare is nothing new, these emerging changes to warfare run counter to some prevailing narratives about contemporary and future warfare, including rapid single campaigns, grand fait accompli and high-tech, knock-out blows culminating in decisive victory. These changes might lead nations to reconsider the relative utility of war.”
https://www.ausa.org/news/paper-indecisive-war-will-define-future-conflicts
