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SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY IN ASYMMETRIC WARFARE

Fractals, 2009
Two current conflicts, in Afghanistan and in Iraq were studied to identify a possibility of a critical behavior in an asymmetric conflict. The analysis was performed using temporal dependence of fatalities. The data included daily fatality information from the beginning of each of the conflicts until 31 December 2007.
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The Dimensions of Asymmetric Warfare

2002
The term ‘asymmetric warfare’ has been used with increasing regularity in recent years in reference to the emerging strategic environment. Specifically, it has been used to analyse and describe how future conflicts involving Western countries will be characterized by significant dissimilarities between them and potential opponents.
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Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia

2009
The 1999 conflict between India and Pakistan near the town of Kargil in contested Kashmir was the first military clash between two nuclear-armed powers since the 1969 Sino-Soviet war. Kargil was a landmark event not because of its duration or casualties, but because it contained a very real risk of nuclear escalation.
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Asymmetric Warfare: An Historical Perspective

1999
Abstract : There has been a great deal of discussion over the past few years among defense officials regarding the likelihood that the United States military will face a multitude of asymmetric challenges in the 21st Century. Senior government officials, members of the academic community, and military leaders have warned us repeatedly about these ...
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Asymmetric Warfare: A View from India

Strategic Analysis, 2012
Coined a few years ago, ‘asymmetric warfare’ is an umbrella term that includes insurgent and terrorist campaigns that Western militaries were forced to contend with in the course of external interv...
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Integrative oncology: Addressing the global challenges of cancer prevention and treatment

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022
Jun J Mao,, Msce, Lorenzo Cohen, Karen M Mustian   +2 more
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Asymmetrical Warfare and International Humanitarian Law

2007
This paper examines the impact of asymmetrical warfare on the application of international humanitarian law on the battlefield.
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Taiwan will embrace asymmetric warfare

Emerald Expert Briefings
Headline TAIWAN: Taipei will embrace asymmetric warfare
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Asymmetric Warfare: A Challenge for Democracies

2010
What is asymmetric warfare and what are the challenges it poses for states? Is there an appropriate way to deal with it? It is certainly one of the most difficult forms of warfare to handle, having little in common with a conventional war between two opposing armies that are physically distanced from the local population.
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Russia's Asymmetrical Approach to Information Warfare

2013
Information war (IW) is a hot topic in Russia. Much of this attention is due to the intensive IW role in recent conflicts such as Desert Storm; the recent Yugoslav-NATO confrontation; and the current Russian IW success in the ongoing conflict with independent-minded Chechnya.
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