War lords

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In the post‐Cold War world there has emerged a new type of war lord—a consequence of the new social and political pressures. The international community has so far not been, able to adapt to dealing with these new non‐state actors and as a result war lords have been able to thwart many ‐of the actions taken by international organisations in emergency situations. Dr Mackinlay here: addresses the challenge these new war lords pose. He traces the relationship between procedures of peace support operations and the types of crises in which these, war lords flourish’, the latter in many ways determining the former As the war lords are very diverse in character, as well as operational methods it is‐not easy to gain an understanding, of how they operate. And Dr Mackinlay argues, even if the international community were to gain a better grasp of the war lords of the post‐Cold War world, it is likely that it will continue to utilise the language and responses of Cold War thinking, which are increasingly inadequate to address the issues at hand.

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