Marek Madej - Western Military Interventions After The Cold War

This book offers an examination of the effectiveness of Western military interventions in the post-Cold War era.

It constitutes a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the conditions, conduct and consequences of post-Cold War armed conflicts, in which Western states, acting as a multinational coalition, were engaged in a combat role as an intervening force, not as an impartial peacekeeper. The volume identifies and analyses the causes, justifications and goals of the interventions, as well as the results of such engagements. The main objective is to assess the effectiveness of the military actions of Western states in these armed conflicts. Apart from the chapters devoted to particular conflicts such as the Gulf War, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya it also includes chapters in which experts summarise the legal, political, military and economic implications of all such Western-led interventions. As a result, the book helps us to understand why these military interventions happened, how they were executed and what the results were. Taking into account the impact of these military expeditions on global security, the book offers an explanation for some of the central questions concerning the current shape of international order and power distribution on a global scale.

This book will be of much interest to students of military and strategic studies, conflict studies, foreign policy and International Relations.

Marek Madej is Assistant Professor and Deputy Director at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland.

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Evaluating the Wars of the West
Edited by Marek Madej

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Edited by Marek Madej

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Names: Madej, Marek, editor.
Title: Western military interventions after the Cold War : evaluating the wars of the west / Edited by Marek Madej.
Description: First edition. | London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. | Series: Cass military studies | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018029576| ISBN 9780815395249 (hardback) | ISBN 9781351175029 (e-book) | ISBN 9781351174992 (mobi) | ISBN 9781351175012 (Web PDF) | ISBN 9781351175005 (ePub)
Subjects: LCSH: Military history, Modern20th century. | Military history, Modern21st century.
Classification: LCC D431 .W47 2019 | DDC 355.0209/049dc23
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ISBN: 978-0-8153-9524-9 (hbk)
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Bolesaw Balcerowicz is Professor at the Institute of Political Science, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Agnieszka Bieczyk-Missala is Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Patrycja Grzebyk is Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Robert Kupiecki is Associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland. He is a former Deputy Minister of National Defense for Poland.

Roman Kuniar is Professor at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland. He is also a former national security advisor to the President of Poland, Bronisaw Komorowski.

Marek Madej is Assistant Professor and Deputy Director at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Kamila Proniska is Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Anna Wojciuk is Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Marek Madej

After the Cold War, the risk of high intensity military confrontation on a global scale significantly diminished. At the same time, however, perhaps even more frequently, military means were used in internal conflicts, particularly in local competition between different ethnic or religious communities, often labelled as new wars. Furthermore, one of the consequences of accelerating globalisation was the emergence of new opportunities for using force in international relations, particularly by non-state entities or small and weak states. The increasing wave of terrorism in recent decades provides ample evidence for that.

These changes required the international community to search for an appropriate response, sometimes including the use of military measures, albeit in a manner which was sufficiently flexible and adaptable to the dynamic changes of the contemporary security environment. At that time, the states commonly referred to as the West, perceiving themselves in this context as the representative or the voice of the whole international community, manifested both the greatest willingness to formulate a vision of such action, as well as an actual capacity to implement it.very fact of Western leadership or involvement in them) was also constantly present in Western societies themselves.