Asymmetric Wars: Combat Strategies and Tactics developed in the twenty-first century

Abstract

This article aims to study the Phenomenon of Asymmetry in the new wars and understand them and find out the factors that contributed to change in the ways of managing the wars of the 21st century, The asymmetric behavior in war is not new, it has been in wars since time immemorial, But there have been changes and developments in strategies and combat tactics in the new wars as a result of the international transformations after the Cold War, The most important of these transformations is the information revolution and the development of communication means and techniques where advantages were granted to the weak parties in the war enabled them to confront the international forces that became forced to abandon the traditional mentality of managing and resolving wars due to the nature of the new enemy which does not follow the traditional rules of combat, From which, we wonder how effective asymmetric strategies and tactics are in managing modern wars and creating disproportionate effects that threaten relatively strong systemic parties, Our study concludes the need to develop new defense policies in line with the nature of the challenges these wars pose to states and regular forces.