Clausewitzian Instruments in the Long War in Afghanistan

Abstract

Asymmetric warfare is one of the most typical forms of warfare in today’s history. However, Carl von Clausewitz had been investigating the factors and tools that allow a weaker party to avoid a defeat, or keep on fighting until his opponent abandons the original goal in a war between two parties with considerable difference in size, power or strength. I will study these factors in my study in the context of the Afghan war since 2001.