ASYMMETRIC DIALOGUE

Chinese bombers and spy planes have flown around Taiwan, the air force said Thursday as Taipei accused Beijing of trying to stoke regional tensions with its military drills. China sees the democratically-governed island as a renegade part of its territory to be brought back into the fold and has not ruled out reunification by force. H-6K bombers, Su-30 and J-11 fighters and reconnaissance aircraft took part in a patrol around Taiwan, air force spokesman Shen Jinke told the official Xinhua news agency. Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Ma Xiaoguang said the exercise served as a warning against those pushing for Taiwanese independence. Taiwan's defence ministry said Thursday multiple Chinese aircraft including bombers and reconnaissance planes were spotted on Wednesday afternoon flying over Miyako Strait -- near Japan's southern Okinawa island -- into the western Pacific before returning to their base via Bashi Channel off southern Taiwan. "China has

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Warfare Concept of the Future

“Multipolar world and the predominant role of non-state actors in war strategy have rendered obsolete many customary state doctrines. Realities traditionally acknowledged so far have assumed new names like asymmetric threat, psychological warfare, proxy war and multidimensional war. Irregular military practices employed by strictly unequal parties in the battleground and unbalanced international policies devised out of touch with the world are both the reason and the result of this outcome.” Muzaffer Ünsaldı Although major states have noticed this transformation of reality and acted accordingly, practical applications and conclusions are relative. Next generation warfare appeared in the conventional battleground and in the light of changing security perceptions. Dubbed as “Future War”, this exclusive view was distinct from all acknowledged combat capabilities. This perspective was intended for gathering the heavy bureaucracy under a single and modern organisation t