Basis of theoretical determination of armed conflict

Abstract

This paper presents the theoretical basis of the origin and development of thoughts of armed conflict. The historical-comparative method, content analysis and the methods of definition and classification have been primarily applied in the paper. In addition to the introduction and conclusion, the paper consists of two more parts. The emergence of civilization thought about the notion of war and armed conflict is described in the first part. Furthermore, the first part relates to the perception of armed conflict in accordance with classic and military theories including modern theories of warfare. Classification of armed conflicts is described in the second part.

Keywords

• armed conflict
• the geneva conventions
• war