From Speech Acts to Extraordinary Measures - Securitization and Hybrid Warfare in Iran-Israel Relations

• Authors: Wojciech Grabowski

Title variants

PL

Od „Aktu Mowy” do użycia nadzwyczajnych środków – sekurytyzacja i wojna hybrydowa w stosunkach irańsko-izraelskich

Abstracts

PL

Celem artykułu jest analiza stosunków irańsko-izraelskich, które opierają się na mowie nienawiści i wojnie hybrydowej, ale w rzeczywistości można je sprowadzić do walki o władzę i dominację. Aby legitymizować swoje działania militarne przeciwko wrogiemu państwu, zarówno Iran, jak i Izrael muszą dokonać sekurytyzacji zagrożenia, co oznacza, że muszą przekonać opinię publiczną, że wrogie państwo stanowi zagrożenie egzystencjalne. Mowa nienawiści i agresywna retoryka są wykorzystywane przez oba państwa i są przejawem subiektywnej percepcji zagrożenia, a także stanowią narzędzie legitymizujące do uzasadnienia nadzwyczajnych środków przeciwdziałania zagrożeniom. Odwoływanie się do lęków i zagrożeń oraz metoda kreowania wroga to znane strategie polityczne zapewniające legitymizację władzy.

EN

The purpose of this article is to investigate Iranian-Israeli relations, which are based on hate speech and hybrid warfare, but can actually be reduced to a struggle for power and domination. In order to legitimize their military actions against an enemy state, both Iran and Israel must securitize the threat, which means they must convince the public that the opposing state poses an existential threat. Hate speech and aggressive rhetoric are used by both countries and represent a subjective perception of a threat, as well as a legitimizing tool to justify extraordinary measures to counter the threats. Appealing to fears and threats and the method of creating an enemy are well-known political strategies that ensure the legitimacy of power.

Keywords

EN

Securitization; hybrid warfare; Iran; Israel; security; Iranian nuclear program

PL

sekurytyzacja; wojna hybrydowa; Iran; Izrael; bezpieczeństwo; Irański program nuklearny

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Strategiczny
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 15
• Pages: 143-155

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Wojciech Grabowski

• University of Gdańsk

• https://orcid.org/0000000159505052

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/ps.2022.1.9

Biblioteka Nauki

30147192