“Yeni Savaş” Düşüncesi Üzerine: Mevcut Tartışmanın Ötesine Geçmek

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 20 Sayı: 48, 181 - 194, 23.08.2024

Tarık Solmaz

https://doi.org/10.17752/guvenlikstrtj.1514894

Öz

Geçtiğimiz otuz yıl içinde, “yeni savaş” düşüncesi askeri tartışmalarda önemli bir odak noktası haline gelmiştir. “Yeni savaş” düşüncesinin temel iddiası, Soğuk Savaş sonrası çatışmaların, I. Dünya Savaşı ve II. Dünya Savaşı gibi geç modern çağdaki savaşlardan özü itibariyle farklı olduğudur. Soğuk Savaş sonrası çatışmaların iddia edilen yeniliği halihazırda şiddetle eleştirilmiştir. Eleştirmenler, “yeni savaş” akademisyenlerinin geçmişin günümüz çatışmaları üzerindeki kalıcı etkisini küçümsediklerini ve ikna edici argümanlar sunmadan savaş hakkındaki düşünme şeklimizi radikal biçimde değiştirmeye çalıştıklarını savunmuşlardır. Savaşın doğası ve karakteri üzerine yapılan tartışma, konuyla ilgili literatürü önemli ölçüde zenginleştirdi. Ancak, mevcut literatürde ihmal edilen kritik bir nokta bulunmaktadır: “yeni savaş” düşüncesine gömülü güç dinamikleri. Bu makale, “yeni savaş” kavramlarının savaşa dair salt akademik görüşlere dayanıp dayanmadığını Batılı, Rus ve Çinli perspektifleri karşılaştırarak eleştirel bir şekilde incelemektedir. Makale “yeni savaş” düşüncesinin çoğu örneğinin, büyük güçlerin dar stratejik kaygılarını yansıtan belirli ulusal/medeniyetsel güvenlik tehdit değerlendirmelerine dayalı ve oldukça değer yüklü olduğunu savunmaktadır. Dolayısıyla, Robert Cox’un teorilerin rolü hakkındaki ünlü deyimine atıfta bulunarak, “yeni savaş” kavramlarının genellikle bazı devletler ve bazı amaçlar için olduğunu ileri sürmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Yeni Savaş Düşüncesi, Soğuk Savaş Sonrası Çatışmalar, Güç Dinamikleri, Anlatı Savaşları, Pratisyen-Akademisyenler

On “New War” Thinking: Moving Beyond the Current Debate

Öz

Over the past three decades, “new war” thinking has become a significant focus in military debates. The central contention of “new war” thinking is that post-Cold War conflicts are essentially different from those of the late modern era, such as World War I and World War II. The alleged novelty of post-Cold Wars has been vehemently challenged. Critics have maintained that “new war” scholars underestimate the lasting influence of the past on today’s conflicts and attempt to radically change the way we think about war without providing empirically grounded arguments. The debate on the nature vs. character of war has significantly enriched the literature on the subject. However, there is a crucial oversight in the current literature: the power dynamics embedded in “new war” thinking. This article critically examines whether they rely purely on academic views of war by comparing Western, Russian, and Chinese perspectives. It argues that most exemplars of “new war” thinking are highly value-laden, based on certain national/civilizational security threat assessments that reflect the narrow strategic concerns of the great powers. So, playing on Robert Cox’s famous dictum on the role of theories, “new war” concepts are generally for some states and for some purposes.

Anahtar Kelimeler

New War Thinking, Post-Cold War Conflicts, Power Dynamics, Battle of Narratives, Practitioner-Academics

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