ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the evaluation of the explanatory power of Clausewitz's theory in a hybrid context or, to say it differently, one in which states and non-states clash against each other but also mix and merge, thus generating hybrid forms of war and warfare. It relates to the debates about the changing character/nature of war i. e. war changing at its core or only in its appearance and on the persisting validity of Clausewitz's theory in adapting to changes in war and warfare. The chapter provides a useful contribution to these debates in a threefold fashion: by re-vitalizing the entrenched debate on counterinsurgency, by connecting the contemporary counterinsurgency (COIN) debate with other strands of literature and reflections on war and warfare, and by showing how a single, unified, Clausewitzian outlook can provide the means to overcome fragmented perspectives on continuity and change in war.
