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Nation-State Failure: A Recurring Phenomenon?
dni.gov
Analyzes the weakness and failure of nation-states as a potential source of future conflicts. Essay by Robert Rotberg, for NIC 2020 Project, Inaugural Workshop, November 2003. [PDF]
Violent Conflict in the 21st Century: Causes, Instruments, and Mitigation
amacad.org
Collection of essays including 'The New Evils of the 21st Century' by Robert D. Kaplan; 'Weapons of Mass Destruction and Physical Heritage of the Cold War' by W.K.H. Panofsky and 'Group Loyalty and Ethnic Violence' by Donald L. Horowitz. [PDF]
A 21st. Century Security Architecture for the Americas: Multilateral Cooperation, Liberal Peace and Soft Power.
carlisle.army.mil
A paper showing a response to the question of "How can the United States best develop security cooperation within the Americas?" by Col. Joseph R. Nunez. Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, August 2002.- Warfare in the 21st Century
carlisle.army.mil
Books, documents, articles and web sites. References gathered in a selected bibliography compiled by Jane E. Gibish, U.S. Army War College Library, July 2003. 
Beyond vom Kriege: The Character and Conduct of Modern War
carlisle-www.army.mil
An effort to understand war and the role of armed forces in modern societies, based on the last years experiences and the classic theories. Author: R.D.Hooker Jr., Parameters, US Army War College Quarterly , Summer 2005. [PDF]- NIC - 2020 Project
dni.gov
Information about a research project aimed at covering influences that would shape the world to the year 2020. Contains papers about the nature of future conflicts. Sponsored by the US National Intelligence Council. 
Global Guerrillas: 4GW -- Fourth Generation Warfare
globalguerrillas.typepad.com
An overview of the key concepts by John Robb, May 2004.
From Kadesh to Kandahar: Military Theory and the Future of War.
findarticles.com
The challenges of post-modern war from a multidimensional point of view, by Michael Evans, Naval War College Review, Summer 2003.
Bury Cold War Mindset: Fourth Generation Warfare Rewrites Military Strategy
cdi.org
Article by Jack Shanahan, Chet Richards and Franklin Spinney, 2002. Describes fourth-generation warfare that pits nations against non-national organizations or networks that include not only fundamentalist extremists, but also ethnic factions, mafias and narcotics traffickers.
Toward the 21st Century: Trends in Post-Cold War International Security
isn.ethz.ch
Addresses key changes since the Cold War ended, lessons, current problems and issues. Commissioned by the Swiss Ministry of Defense, 1998.
Matrix Warfare: The New Face of Competition and Conflict in the 21st Century
smallwarsjournal.com
A description of new organizational patterns and their application to war and business. By J. Noel Williams for Small Wars Journal, USA, August 2005. (pdf file) [PDF]
All Possible Wars? Towards a Consensus View of the Future Security Environment, 2001-2025
ndu.edu
Sam Tangredi presents a set of assumptions and possible scenarios about the future security environment for the next 25 years. National Defense University, USA. McNair Paper No. 63, November 2000.
Fourth Generation Warfare
d-n-i.net
Slide show that summarizes the key aspects of asymmetric conflicts, by Greg Wilcox and G.I. Wilson for Boyd Comference, 2002. [PDF]
May the Smartest Machine Win: Warfare in the 21st Century
kurzweilai.net
Article from Raymond Kurzweil on future methods of fighting, including pilotless planes and thinking machines. Published in 1993.
Fighting in the Gray Zone. A Strategy to Close the Preemption Gap.
strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil
The US 2002 National Security Strategy (NSS) identified the proliferation, privatization, and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by terrorist groups and rogue states as the critical nontraditional threat of the 21st century. Published in September 2004, US Army War College. Authored by Joanne M. Fish, Samuel F. McCraw and Christopher J. Reddish.- The New Craft of Intelligence: Achieving Asymmetric Advantage in the Face of Non Traditional Threats
strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil
A paper where the author, Robert M. Steele, examines two paradigm shifts--one in relation to the threat and a second in relation to intelligence methods-- while offering a new model for threat analysis and a new model for intelligence operations in non-traditional asymmetric warfare. Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, February 2002. 
Information Warfare
plausiblefutures.com
Articles about information warfare, nanowar, and other future conflict scenarios from Plausible Futures Newsletter.
The Dangers of Warfare in a Media Age
inthenationalinterest.com
The author alerts about the dangers of the contemporary media age, in which events across the world are instantly brought before vast international audiences, for example, that tomorrow’s wars could be at risk of being overly influenced by the views of spectator audiences, at the expense of the considerations that ought to guide policy-makers, such as the assessment of the national interest. By Roger Howard, April 2003.- Homeland Security: The New Role for Defense
ndu.edu
Shows the change of US strategic vision of national and global security after September 11 attacks, by Steven J. Tomisek. Strategic Forum No.189, February 2002. 
Global Challenges for the 21st Century: Nonproliferation and Arms Control
nti.org
Remarks by John Gannon from the National Intelligence Council to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, about the globalization of the security environment and the implications for counterproliferation, May 2000. [PDF]
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