Challenges and Threats as a Consequence of Strategic Competition

• Authors: Mirosław Banasik , Lech Chojnowski

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of the research, the results of which are presented in this article, was to clarify the mechanisms of strategic competition and to identify the challenges and threats arising from it for international security. A systemic approach, literature analysis and criticism, non-participatory observation, and a case study were used to solve the research problems. In the research process, it was established that strategic competition is constantly intensifying, and its consequences can harm global security. The process of strategic competition should be viewed as challenges that, if not addressed, can quickly develop into new threats. The most significant threats to international security are related to the ambitions of revisionist states seeking territorial claims and expanding spheres of influence. Although the risk of global war remains relatively low, states will seek to permanently influence their competitors in the gray zone through soft instruments. Soft influence instruments will dominate it. The effectiveness of these tools will be determined by the world’s interconnectedness in the economic and political spheres. States will try to achieve their strategic goals in cyberspace and narrative using traditional mass media and social media.

Keywords

EN

Strategic competition; international security; gray zone; cybersecurity; challenges and threats

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
• Year: 2024
• Issue: 1(53)
• Pages: 167-178

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Mirosław Banasik

• Jan Kochanowski University (Poland)

• https://orcid.org/0000000293581240

author

Lech Chojnowski

• Pomeranian University in Słupsk (Poland)

• https://orcid.org/0000000303390430

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ppsy202409

Biblioteka Nauki

31343165