DEFINING WAR FOR THE 21st CENTURY

Od kraja hladnog rata bjesni rasprava između istraživača (znanstvenika) iz područja sigurnosnih strategija o tome je li se priroda rata promijenila i, ako je tako, što to znači. Pojmovi „novi” i „hibridni” rat već su zabilježeni u leksikone sugerirajući da je važna, možda i duboka razlika između ratova u prošlosti, onih sadašnjih i budućih ratova. Neki analitičari čak sugeriraju da je sam pojam – rat – zastario. Za takve radikale, vojni i obrambeni establišment mora poduzeti ponovnu izmjenu alata ili transformaciju u svrhu prilagodbe suvremenom ratu. Tradicionalisti su, za razliku od radikala, usredotočeni na kontinuitet. Oni tvrde da, iako se karakter rata promijenio (kao što to često čini), njegova bitna priroda je postojana – nije se promijenila. Za tradicionaliste strategija ne smije podleći privremenoj modi, a još manje pomodarstvu. Ova rasprava ima duboke implikacije na strategiju, razvoj snaga i razvoj lidera. Vojni i civilni lideri moraju se baviti promjenom smisla rata u svrhu pripreme za buduće sigurnosne izazove.Since the end of Cold War discussion on the nature of war rages among security strategy scientists, whether it has changed, and if so, what it implicates. Terms such as “new” and “hybrid” war have already been recorded in thesaurus, suggesting significant, and deep difference between past and contemporary and future wars. Certain analysts even suggest that the term war is obsolete. For these radicals, military and civil establishment have to make effort to exchange tools or transformations in order to adapt to contemporary war. Traditionalist are, opposite to radicals, focused on continuity. They claim that, while the character of war had changed (as it usually appears), its core nature is persistent – is not changed. For traditionalists, strategy is not subject neither to temporary fashion nor fad. This discussion deeply inflicts on strategy, armed forces and leader’s development. Military and civil leaders have to deal with the change of war implications in the light of future security challenges