FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS Dersi Foreign Policy Instruments of States: War and Conflict soru detayı:

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What is Asymmetric warfare?


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Asymmetric warfare is one of unconventional warfares. The most prominent feature of asymmetric warfare lies in the military capabilities of belligerent powers. When the military capabilities of belligerents are not simply unequal, but they are so significantly different that they cannot make the same sorts of attacks on each other. However, the difference between the tactics and means used by belligerent parties is much more important in characterizing asymmetric warfare. Because the weak side is mostly a nonstate actor and since these non-state actors are not bound with the law of war, they may be open to using tactics and strategies that ignore universal moral principles. In that manner guerilla warfare is also a type of asymmetric war, however after the 9/11 attacks on US by the terrorist group El-Kaide the term is being used chiefly to refer to the international terrorism.