The era of the old wars was succeeded by a new type of warfare constituted by the new wars. Fundamentally, the phenomenon of new wars is one described by civil or international wars involving low-grade conflicts involving innumerable transnational and multinational connections such that differences between local and global, internal and external relations, and violence and oppression resulting from war are complex to sustain (Clausewitz, 2007, p. 13). In principle, new wars are synonymous with conventional warfare in which contemporary conventional military armaments and combat tactics are no longer used in open confrontation between interstate conflicts (Duffield, 2005, p. 25). Many theorists have considered what was used to define war and contemporary worldviews of new wars. One such thinker is Mary Kaldor, who explained the effects of globalization in warfare with three important associated changes, including the need to claim identity, the aversion to the use of battlefield tactics, and the transformation of warfare in an international crime, which has undermined the mechanisms of financing wars (Kaldor, 2013, p. 4). In addition to Kaldor's insights into war, Israeli Martin van Creveld, among other theories, supports claims of new wars and underlying changes compared to traditional wars (Kaldor, 2005, p. 33). In his arguments, Martin van Creveld argues that it is a fact that there is a low intensity of conflicts that characterize wars in contemporary society (van Creveld, 2002, p. 4; Kaldor, 2013, p. 15). This insight is becoming obsolete considering the thinking put forth by Kaldor, according to which Clausewitz's understanding of today's wars including militarized conflicts is outdated. Fundamental...... middle of the sheet ......M. 2013. In defense of new wars, Stability 2 (1/4), pp.1-16. Kinross, S. 2004. Clausewitz and low intensity conflicts. Journal of Strategic Studies, 27 (1), pp. 35-58. Mansdorf, I. and Kedar, M. 2008. The psychological asymmetry of Islamic warfare. Middle East Quarterly, 15 (2), pp. 37-44. Nicolson, A. 2005. Men of Honour: Trafalgar and the making of the English Hero. New York: HarperCollins.Thornton, R. 2007. Asymmetric Warfare: Threat and Response in the 21st Century. New York: Wiley.Tomes, R., Natter, W., & Brister, P. 2011. Hybrid warfare and transnational threats: Prospects for an era of persistent conflict. New York: CENSA. van Creveld, M. 2002. The transformation of war revisited. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 13 (2), pp. 3-15.William, C. 2011. New battlefields, old laws: critical debates on asymmetric warfare. Washington DC: Columbia University Press.