Notes
1 Our special thanks to the editor-in-chief of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Lucy Thirkell, for her steady support and assistance, to former editor-in-chief Nivedita Manchanda, and the anonymous peer reviewers.
2 See Berdal (2011) for a critical appreciation of the historical economic, motivational, practical assumptions of the ‘new wars’ literature.
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Philippe Dufort
Philippe Dufort is a PhD candidate at the department of Politics and International Studies of the University of Cambridge. His dissertation, ‘Critical Strategic Studies’, focuses on the prerequisites for innovative and creative strategic thinking in theatres of war. His general research interests include: conflict and development, strategic studies and critical IR theory. Email: [email protected]