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标题：The Gloomy Glory of Power Politics
其他标题：The US and Russian Battlefield Maneuvers in the 21st Century
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作者：Tauqeer Hussain Sargana
期刊名称：Defence Journal
印刷版ISSN：0257-2141
出版年度：2019
卷号：2
页码：1-8
语种：English
出版社：Defence Housing Society
摘要：This study makes the point that the 21st century is practicing non-kinetic warfare and nations vulnerable to it must overcome their weaknesses or be ready to get consumed. The world at large has witnessed a shift in the co-existence of relations among nations. Traditionally, an ally or the foe had decisive place in the phenomenon of cooperation and competition, respectively. An enemy has a declared status so does the means utilized to undermine its capability were exposed to create fear in the ranks of the opponent’s brinkmanship. Realist tendencies and strategies to outcast strengths of one’s enemy were straightforwardly applied. Military means including framing alliances were applied to squeeze the very possibility of response mechanism vested in enemy’s defense lines. Contrary to this, those who fall in the vicinity of friendship or ally, were to the best helped and taken along. This crafted the era of kineticism, where political affiliations with all its strengths and weaknesses were open and nations have clear manifestation to opt for the best side. This had been the case from First to Third Generations of warfare. Somehow, the Fourth Generation of warfare has faded away the very distinction between an ally and foe. The discourse of ‘national interest’ in the 21st century has fed anxiety and distrust among nations. Today, an ally is not purely taken as a friend rather a mean towards an end. This research takes two traditional opponents as competitors of 21st century who have continued their rivalry with that of changing discourse of warfare. While maintaining their Cold War learning about ‘Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD),’ both have reciprocated into ‘maneuvered battlefield’ with application of non-state actors. This study therefore is deductive in nature and has used the above analogy as theoretical premise to decode the hypothetical assumption that there exists a context of non-kinetic warfare and both US and Russia have entered into ‘maneuvered battlefield’. Secondary data with authors own reflections being student of international politics has driven the analysis and findings..