The Remnants of Political and Trinitarian Structures in the Post-Cold War Era
(2011) FKVK01 20111Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The purpose of this thesis is to provide a contribution to the current waged debate concerning the validity of Carl von Clausewitz’s theories regarding actors engaged in the acts of war. These thoughts have been suggested to be obsolete in the post-cold war era whereas the new wars theories have emerged and modified and challenged the classical knowledge of the very nature of war. The theoretical framework will be applied on two separate cases: the Taliban movement 1994-2001 and the Hezbollah party 1990-2000. This study investigates the objectives of the organizations, their structure and what means they use to achieve their goals in order to prove that these observed actors are in fact politically motivated. The findings indicate that the... (More)
- The purpose of this thesis is to provide a contribution to the current waged debate concerning the validity of Carl von Clausewitz’s theories regarding actors engaged in the acts of war. These thoughts have been suggested to be obsolete in the post-cold war era whereas the new wars theories have emerged and modified and challenged the classical knowledge of the very nature of war. The theoretical framework will be applied on two separate cases: the Taliban movement 1994-2001 and the Hezbollah party 1990-2000. This study investigates the objectives of the organizations, their structure and what means they use to achieve their goals in order to prove that these observed actors are in fact politically motivated. The findings indicate that the organizations are to be understood as political actors as they act in a pattern toward obtaining maximum legitimate support from the regional societies as they develop their power positions in the relationship of power against other domestic actors. (Less)
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- author
- Hammarlund, Martin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Clausewitz Revisited in the Contemporary Middle East
- course
- FKVK01 20111
- year
- 2011
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Carl von Clausewitz, Center of gravity, Trinitarian structure, Political actors, Relationship of power, the Taliban, Hezbollah
- language
- English
- id
- 1970313
- date added to LUP
- 2011-12-07 11:20:54
- date last changed
- 2011-12-07 11:20:54
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