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title: "\"The Nature of 21st Century War\" by Chris Parry"
description: "Mackinder Forum Virtual Seminar #2: \"The Nature of 21st Century War\""
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# ["The Nature of 21st Century War" by Chris Parry](https://mackinderforum.org/past-virtual-seminars/mackinder-forum-seminar-2-the-nature-of-21st-century-war)

 Written by [Chris Parry](https://mackinderforum.org/past-virtual-seminars/author/chris-parry) | May 4, 2020 4:00:00 AM

May 3, 2020

Admiral Chris Parry (UK, ret.) commented on the nature of 21st century war. He introduced the following issues, followed by discussion:

1) Enduring Strategic Antagonism - what are the implications?  
2) Dissimilar conceptions of warfare.  
3) New dimensions and domains of warfare.  
4) The changed character of warfare:  
 4a) Warfare against People.  
 4b) Warfare and Technology.  
 4c) Warfare by Proxy.  
 4d) Warfare at a Distance.  
 4e) Warfare and Reality.

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