Through this contribution, it is reflected on the dialectics of Carl von Clausewitz in conjunction with philosophy G. W. F. Hegel – particular, his insights regarding relationship between lord and bondsman. Understanding war through significant to understand opposites their predicates unity. Then, each party opposition implied other; they are not be understood as fixed entities situated a duali...

Strong states can fight riskier battles in order to signal their strength and conclude wars. I open with the broad question, why do some battles end wars, while others do not? I argue that Clausewitz’ conception of decisive victory does not describe the majority of war-deciding engagements. The larger literature on bargaining and war proves equally unhelpful: while it predicts war termination s...

The commander’s intent concept is a time-proven technique for operational leadership. Over 150 years ago, Carl von Clausewitz defined the fog, friction, and fear in combat that conspire against the rigid execution of a commander’s best laid plans. One of Clausewitz’s students—Field Marshal von Moltke— adroitly accounted for these wartime realities in planning and executing the campaigns that ul...

The invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops in late February 2022 brought the world to danger a new polarity: Russia vs. Western countries led NATO bloc (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Historical factors and geographical importance as opposed sense that nations see its territorial expansion towards Eastern Europe makes solution conflict increasingly complex. Faced with this complex situanti...

Policymakers and pundits have been sounding alarms about internet insecurity for years, so the arst appearance of anything in International Security (IS) on this topic is a welcomed development. In the fall 2013 issue, Lucas Kello takes the security studies community to task for ignoring cyber perils, while Erik Gartzke argues that cyberwar is of limited political utility.1 Kello writes that “[...