Kaldor does admit that "new wars" are not necessarily new, in that they have no precedent in history; however, she insists on keeping the term because there is still a definite need for new policy responses.
Old international strategies have failed to address the characteristics of new wars successfully and instead continue to treat it as old conventional warfare.
Other supporters of the new wars theory are Herfried Münkler from Germany, Martin van Creveld from Israel, Mohammad Mirwais Balkhi from Afghanistan[4] and Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou from Mauritania.
Duffield suggests that what is viewed as "new" is the security terrain which has been shaped by what he terms network wars, which are described as "rhizomatic and anti-institution in character" and which can be typically associated with alterations in social life.
[6] Edward Newman writes of the importance of considering historical examples for making any statements about qualitative changes in recent wars.