Asymmetric warfare - Conflict of the Past, the Present, and the Future

Abstract

During the last seven decades the state’s increasing vulnerability to the challenge of non-state belligerents has been the paradox of armed conflict. In this new operational environment the firepower of the state’s conventional forces and the traditional national security methods are generally ineffective against the opponent’s agility, determination and strategic communication skills. The Scientific Research Centre of the General Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces organized the Asymmetric Warfare conference in order to discuss these developments and seek answers to the questions that the asymmetric challenge poses. The conference participants collected their conclusions in this small volume, and recommend it to the attention of policy makers, as well as fellow professionals.