| Article ID: | iaor20051420 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 435 |
| End Page Number: | 446 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2004 |
| Journal: | International Transactions in Operational Research |
| Authors: | Stahel Albert A. |
This paper presents two concepts: asymmetric warfare and dissymmetric warfare. NATO and US military operations in recent wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan are analysed by comparison with old Chinese strategic thinking. No-Loss-Strategy and virtual warfare as well as the transformation from asymmetric to dissymmetric and from dissymmetric to asymmetric warfare are reflected upon.