Results of the Associative Experiment with “Modern War” Associate (Based on Research Carried Out in the Student Groups of Siberian Federal University) Natalia P. Koptseva and Kseniya V. Reznikova* Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 23.11.2014, received in revised form 09.01.2015, accepted 11.03.2015 The present research studies images and concepts of collective perception of modern war in the modern student youth medium. <...> The research involves the latest theoretic, conceptual, methodological achievements common for foreign and Russian researchers of international relations, military confl icts, modern war specifi city, modern war causes analysis. <...> The empiric study applies the free association experiment method based on the methodology by Nazarov and Sokolov. <...> The word combination “modern war” acts as a stimulus. <...> The empiric study was carried out with 100 students of Siberian Federal University majoring in technical and humanitarian subjects. <...> As a result, around 900 associates were collected and classifi ed based on their types and qualitative properties. <...> The most frequent associations with the “modern war” stimulus are: “information war” and “nuclear war”. <...> The collective perception of modern war in the student youth medium of Siberian Federal University may be extrapolated to the wider social strata of students and young people of the Russian-speaking population of the Russian Federation. <...> The research results may be used for political decision-making, youth policy program planningfor patriotic education of citizens and appropriate understanding of the Krasnoyarsk region youth. <...> Keywords: modern war, war causes, level analysis, national (state) level, free associatiation experiment, concept, student youth, Siberian Federal University, information war, national security. <...> The words of Pope Francis, spread Natalia P. Koptseva and Kseniya V. Reznikova. <...> Causes of War. around the world by global media, are unlikely to be “random”. <...> Some economists suggest that the rising fi nancial crisis may be only “relieved” by “force-majeure “holiness of life” and “absolute value of humankind”. <...> Other experts suppose that the unipolar world and globalization prevent the emergence of military confl icts in the territories of the developed, fi rst world countries, while multipolar or even bipolar world inevitably turns into the space <...>