Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. MC/2017: 83-91

Typology and Analysis of Armed ConflictsNonreviewed - Other

Richard Stojar

The text deals with the conflict analysis and the use of typology within its framework. The author sums up the most relevant methodological approaches and tries to highlight their limits in the analysis of the current conflicts, which have by far more different characteristic features than in the past. In modern military conflicts, the states often use private military companies and create illegal armed formations. Quite often, the conflict parties have a varied character and one can observe chaotic alliances of state and non-state actors with different interests and different views on the projection of power and the use of armed force. The text highlights the necessity of adaptation of the current methodological approaches or at least their components and the development and changes which take place in contemporary conflicts.

Keywords: Conflict Analysis; Typology; UCDP; HIIK

Published: October 15, 2017  Show citation