THE “HYBRID WARFARE” ONTOLOGY

  • Volodymyr Horbulin
Keywords: the hybrid warfare, Russia’s aggression, the Syrian issue, non-military operation in the European Union, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, propaganda

Abstract

The hybrid war as a form of Russia’s aggressive solution to its geopolitical issues continues developing in every possible way, becomes more and more sophisticated and spreads out to the new battlegrounds. Nowadays we are witnessing at least three ongoing large-scale “hybrid” operations, each of which represents different possible types of “hybrid wars” activities: traditional military operation in Syria (Turkey), nonmilitary activity in the EU and the mix of all three types in Ukraine. The background, threats and possible consequences of every war line are given. It is shown that Ukraine’s conflict is neither the beginning nor the finishing part and belongs to the much larger Russia’s plan on the worldwide “hybrid warfare” operation.

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Published
2018-08-27
How to Cite
Horbulin, V. (2018). THE “HYBRID WARFARE” ONTOLOGY. Strategic Priorities, 38(1), 4-13. Retrieved from https://niss-priority.com/index.php/journal/article/view/183