War, Intervention and the Modern World
What happens when the instruments intended to create security, stability or protection also contribute to new forms of instability?
Modern conflict is rarely confined to the battlefield. War, intervention, sanctions, political pressure, information systems and geopolitical competition increasingly operate within the same interconnected international environment.
In this expanded second edition, Alina Vey examines the changing international order through a comparative analysis of major conflicts and confrontations, including Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, Gaza, and the continuing confrontation between the United States and Iran.
The book explores the difficult questions surrounding military intervention, sovereignty, international law, humanitarian protection, state fragmentation, economic warfare, information and narrative, geopolitical competition, and the human consequences of decisions made by states and international actors.
Rather than reducing complex conflicts to predetermined categories of heroes and villains, Vey examines competing interests, strategic calculations, legal arguments, historical circumstances and the consequences that follow.
The conflicts examined are very different, yet viewed together they reveal recurring tensions within the modern international system: between sovereignty and intervention; security and instability; military objectives and long-term political outcomes; international law and political power; and competing interpretations of events in an increasingly contested information environment.
The book ultimately looks beyond individual conflicts to a larger question:
What kind of international system is emerging around the wars, interventions and forms of geopolitical competition of the twenty-first century?
A serious and independent examination of war, power, intervention and international order for readers seeking to look beyond simplified narratives and understand the wider structures connecting contemporary conflict.
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