The Art of War and Peace: The Changing Face of 21st Century Warfare

Two leading international experts explain the future of modern warfare, with a foreword by the UK’s former chief of defence staff FOREWORD BY SIR NICK CARTER, FORMER UK CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF

How have the character and technology of war changed in recent times? Why does battlefield victory often fail to result in a sustainable peace? What is the best way to prevent, fight and resolve future conflict? The world is becoming a more dangerous place.

Since the fall of Kabul and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US-led liberal international order is giving way to a more chaotic and contested world system. Western credibility and deterrence are diminishing in the face of wars in Europe and the Middle East, tensions across the Taiwan Strait, and rising populism and terrorism around the world. Can peace, mutual respect and democracy survive, or are we destined to a permanent chaos in which authoritarians and populists thrive?