Commonly Misused Terms: War, Armed Conflict, Civil War and Military Coup D’Etat

• Authors: Nino Petriashvili , Darejan Tsutskiridze

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the article is linguistic and semantic analysis of concepts such as armed conflict, war, civil war and coup d’etat. In the author’s opinion, these concepts do not coincide, and their correct classification will lead to a better understanding of the nature of international conflicts. Authors also draws attention to the need for cooperation between scientists and politicians in the aspect of greater effectiveness of international humanitarian law.

Keywords

EN

peacebuilding; law; civilizations; states; conflicts

• Publisher: Akademia Sztuki Wojennej
• Journal: Cybersecurity and Law
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 101-108

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Nino Petriashvili

• Ilia State University

author

Darejan Tsutskiridze

• Georgian Technical University

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Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

1991270