How to understand the hybrid war

• Authors: Mirosław Banasik
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Despite the fact that the hybrid wars were conducted for centuries, the annexation of the Crimea and the involvement of the Russian Federation in the conflict in the Ukraine calls new discussions over its essence. Evaluation of the theory and practice of the activities carried out by FR indicates that we are dealing with the new generation of war. However, it is not in contradiction with the "Clausewitzian paradigm" of conducting armed struggle, which says that war is merely a continuation of politics by other means. The hybrid actions refer precisely to these measures, whereas the rules of warfare, its nature and objectives are still the same.

Keywords

EN

Hybrid war; Hybrid threats; conflict, Ukraine; Russian Federation

• Publisher: European Association for Security
• Journal: Securitologia
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 1(21)
• Pages: 19-34

Dates

published

2015-12-01

Contributors

author

Mirosław Banasik

• Akademia Obrony Narodowej Warszawa

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/18984509.1184214