Towards the ‘Third Revolution in Military Affairs’

New Wild Fields: How the Russian War Leads to the Demodernization of Ukraine’s Occupied Territories

“…However, this modernization only partially affected the Russian military-political system, as the modernization processes were slowed by operational and conceptual inertia (Renz and Thornton 2012;Bukkvoll 2016;Thomas 2016). Russian leadership has traditionally accepted the external benefits of modernization, such as modern technologies; however, it has resisted changing the "archaic core" of the Russian state and society, such as "traditional values" and relations between the Russian state and society (Thornton and Miron 2020). According to Facon (2012), although Russia has lost its status as an empire and superpower, as well as a significant part of its territory and population, it continues to live with inherited imperial cultural habits, including a profound feeling of insecurity and great power aspirations.…”

Revolution in Military Affairs: The United States and Its Big Competitors

“…Unlike the west, they don't only incorporate AI and new technologies on existing systems as a supportive feature. They see it as an independent tool of war waging (Thornton & Miron, 2020). This is where revolutionary thinking comes in.…”

“…Russia virtually plans to use hard power in conjunction with information warfare, Cyber-attacks, and AI to such an extent as a way of delegitimizing every information coming out of enemy official bodies, creating mass events of confusion and mistrust. The result of such an attack could render the state and its institutions completely dysfunctional in the events of a war (Rumer, 2019;Thornton & Miron, 2020).…”