ABSTRACT
This chapter questions the comprehensiveness of a debate on humanitarian intervention that mainly focuses on the extent to which international actors can intervene contrary to traditional domestic jurisdiction principles. It suggests that, rather than focusing on the legality of directing punitive intervention measures against incumbent authorities during or after humanitarian crises, international authorities could be better served by a form of intervention or involvement that taps into the resources states possess at the national level. The chapter outlines what is meant by the aforementioned trend in warfare and the impact that such a change has had on international society. These issues are addressed by explaining intrastate war in relation to the state-making process and related security issues. Security analysis in the form outlined reveals that the shift toward wars of the third kind is a consequence of factors related to, particularly the modern, state-making process.
