The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder

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April 24, 2019 The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder

Does the United States need an American Foreign Legion, recruited globally, to fight wars that have “moved beyond lethality” and that are now firmly entrenched in what many call “gray zone conflict,” that area between conventional war and idealized peace?

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2019

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington, DC
20002

Featured Author

Sean McFate

Ph.D.

Sean McFate is an associate professor of strategy at the National Defense University, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and an advisor to Oxford University’s Centre for Technology and Global Affairs. He served with the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, is the coauthor of two novels, "Shadow War" and "Deep Black," and one work of nonfiction, "The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order." McFate holds a B.A. from Brown University, an M.A. from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a Ph.D. in international relations from the London School of Economics.

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Does the United States need an American Foreign Legion, recruited globally, to fight wars that have “moved beyond lethality” and that are now firmly entrenched in what many call “gray zone conflict,” that area between conventional war and idealized peace?

“Cunning adversaries like China exploit the space between war and peace for victory,” while the U.S. remains stuck in a perception of war that favors conventional military operations increasingly irrelevant to the modern age.

Please join us for a conversation with Dr. Sean McFate who, in his new book, proposes the new rules of war for an “age of entropy [in which] corporations, mercenaries, and rogue states have more power and nation-states have less.”

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