employee
Moscow, Russian Federation
MIET (editorial office, editor-in-chief)
Russian State Social University (Department of Political Science and Applied Political Work, Professor)
employee
Moscow, Russian Federation
UDC 355.01
A brief analysis of the phenomenon of hybrid war and the existing military-theoretical and political-ideological approaches to its essence is carried out. It is emphasized that hybrid war has a combined charcter and is a new instrument of modern interstate confrontation. The network character of hybrid war is particularly highlighted, aimed at military and economic exhaustion of the enemy, in connection with which its information component becomes a core element, militarizing the entire information space. It has been summarized that supporters of hybrid warfare rely on destructive processes leading to socio-political crises, hacking of the state from within, separatism, and loss of state sovereignty.
hybrid war, hybrid threats, military conflicts, information war, international relations
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