Abstract:

The trend of change and transformation observed in many areas today also manifests itself in the concept of war. War simply refers to the pursuit of superiority based on non-peaceful methods between the parties faced in accordance with their policies, goals and interests. Traditional wars, the methods they are going to face the boundaries in a particular area and they are going to use occurred among certain enemies that are mostly predictable. The war of the new era is quite different from the previous. Though there are hot conflicts between states, the new concept of war guides the states to be prepared to carry out wars consisting of unknown attacks with a large majority of their source, duration and impact. States must adapt to the wars named as cyber, domestic, vector, asymmetric, economic, instead of the increasingly decreasing number of military encounters. In the new wars where weapons are not used, where there is great silence and invisibility, the intelligence structures and activities are presented as the main method of application. Intelligence production plays an important role in the dispersion of the silk curtain over new types of wars. The study will first draw the general framework of the concepts of security, war and intelligence, and then discuss the general lines of the new war concept and the place of intelligence in the new war concept. The increasing need for intelligence activities in new types of wars and the role of intelligence in the modern battlefields in this context will be expressed. In the end, the future project will be made with a general assessment.

Abstract:

Nowadays, the trend of change and transformation observed in many areas is also manifested in the understanding of war. War in a simple way refers to the search for supremacy based on non-peaceful methods among the parties who face in the direction of their policies, objectives and interests. Traditional wars were confronted in certain areas and the methods used were predominantly predictable among certain enemies. The wars of the new era are quite different from the previous ones. Although it includes hot conflicts between states, the new understanding of war urges states to be prepared to wage wars of which most attacks of unknown origin, duration and impact. Instead of decreasing number of military encounters, states have to adapt to the wars mentioned by such names as cyber, internal, proxy, asymmetrical and economic. There is a great deal of silence and invisibility, intelligence structures and activities coming to the fore as the main application method for the new wars, where weapons are not used. In this study, the framework of the concepts of security, war and intelligence will be drawn, then the general aspects of the new understanding of war and the place of intelligence in the new understanding of war will be discussed. The growing need for intelligence activities in new types of wars and the role of intelligence in modern battlefields will be covered in details. As a result, an assessment on future of wars will be done besides an overall evaluation.

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