Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine has sparked a major shift in thinking about the future of war. This book offers a comprehensive examination of its impact on visions of conflict.

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.

Beyond Ukraine features contributions from Azar Gat, Beatrice Heuser, Antulio Echevarria, Audrey Cronin, T.X. Hammes, Kenneth Payne, Frank Hoffman, David Betz, Jan Willem Honig, and many other pre-eminent thinkers on the past, present and future of war--including an afterword by the late Christopher Coker.

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Tim Sweijs PhD is Director of Research at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. Jeffrey H. Michaels PhD is an associate professor at Rabdan Academy in the UAE, and a strategic advisor at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.

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Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine has sparked a major shift in thinking about the future of war. This book offers a comprehensive examination of its impact on visions of conflict. 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. Beyond Ukraine features contributions from Azar Gat, Beatrice Heuser, Antulio Echevarria, Audrey Cronin, T.X. Hammes, Kenneth Payne, Frank Hoffman, David Betz, Jan Willem Honig, and many other pre-eminent thinkers on the past, present and future of war--including an afterword by the late Christopher Coker.

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Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables 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 Afterword, Christopher Coker Notes Index