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Civil War Comes to the West
David Betz
- Kingās College London, Department of War Studiesby Tyler Merbler from USA -
To cite this article:Betz, David, āCivil War Comes to the West,ā Military Strategy Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 1, summer 2023, pages 20-26.
David Betz is Professor of War in the Modern World in the Department of War Studies, Kingās College London where he heads the MA War Studies programme. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. His most recent book, The Guarded Age: Fortification in the 21st Century, is published by Polity (October 2023).
This is the first of two essays. It deals with the reasons why civil war is likely to dominate the military and strategic affairs of the West in the coming years, contrary to the typical expectations of the future war literature, and generally the strategic logic which shall underpin such wars. The next essay will address specifically the actions and strategies which existing military forces might pursue before and during these conflicts.
Europe is a garden. We have built a garden. Everything works. It is the best combination of political freedom, economic prosperity and social cohesion that the humankind has been able to buildāthe three things together ā¦ Most of the rest of the world is a jungleā¦
So said EU Foreign Affairs chief Josep Borrell in Bruges in October 2022. Future dictionaries will use it as an example of the definition of hubris.
That is because the major threat to the security and prosperity of the West today emanates from its own dire social instability, structural and economic decline, cultural desiccation and, in my view, elite pusillanimity. Some academics have begun to sound the alarm, notably Barbara Walterās How Civil Wars Startāand How to Stop Them, which is concerned primarily with the dwindling domestic stability of the United States.[ii] To judge from President Bidenās September 2022 speech in which he declared āMAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republicā governments are beginning to take heed, albeit cautiously and awkwardly.[iii]
The field of strategic studies, however, is largely silent on the issue, which is strange because it ought to be something of concern. Why is it correct to perceive the increasing danger of violent internal conflict erupting in the West? What are the strategies and tactics likely to be employed in the civil wars to come in the West and by whom? These are the questions which I shall address in this essay.
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Civil War Comes to the West - Military Strategy Magazine
The major threat to the security and prosperity of the West today emanates not from abroad but from its own dire social instability, structural and economic decline, cultural desiccation and elite incompetence which is leading to civil war. It is vital to understand the causes of this and to...
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Time is short Western man
Western Europeans are in for a rude rude rude awakening..
As usual
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