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The Evolution of Warfare: The Effect of Foreign Intervention on the Changing Nature of the Syrian War 2011-2018


Teuku Taufiqulhadi, Obsatar Sinaga, Arry Bainus and Widya Setiabudi Sumadinata
Abstract

The conflict in Syria has prompted analyses about the evolution of warfare. This study focusses on the role played by many Syria’s neighbouring countries and by the major countries in the conflict by examining how their foreign intervention changes the nature of Syrian war during 2011-2018. We analyze how the foreign players developed their involvement through their motives and methods. The analysis indicates that foreign intervention contributed to the duration of conflict, in which all foreign actors premised upon their own interests supporting the domestic parties either the Syrian government or the non-state rebel groups in Syria. Hence, by using the concept of Mary Kaldor’s New Wars, we argue that the motives, the methods and how the actors financed their roles in the Syrian War contributed to the true emergence of New War.

Volume 11 | 03-Special Issue

Pages: 531-534