Causes and nature of changes in modern warfare

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The purpose of this article is to survey the approaches to analyzing the primary causes of the transformation of warfare in modern conditions, characterized by transition to a new technological paradigm in which digitalization, in conjunction with nano-, bio-, cognitive, and social technologies, plays a leading role. Digitalization generates transformation of warfare, affecting both its classical and non-classical forms. This factor intersects with the contest among globalization projects, within which the primary belligerents are subjects of globalization opposing subjects of nation-states and local civilizations.

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Dmitry V. Kazakov

Military University named after Prince Aleksander Nevsky of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

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adjunct, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

Russian Federation, Moscow

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