(This post is the introduction speech of Mariano Aguirre at the Seminar "Emerging Powers in the 21st Century" that took place in Oslo, Norway, 4 April 2025)This seminar is focussed on analyzing aspects of the international system’s new c…

The United States’ protracted fight against insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan have raised the spectre of the Vietnam war. Mariano Aguirre reviews recent literature on US wartime policies from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan.

International missions that aim to support stability, peace- and state-building in crisis areas are often unsure of how to move forward. The idea is gaining ground that a ‘revisioning’ of such interventions is needed. Hybrid is the new buzzword.&n…;