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UKRAINA W SZAREJ STREFIE BEZPIECZEŃSTWA
UKRAINE IN THE SECURITY GREY ZONE

Author(s): Andrzej Zapałowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Civil Society, Governance, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: Conflict in Ukraine;hybrid actions;security grey zones

Summary/Abstract: More than a decade ago, work on the security grey zone strategy began in manycountries. Currently, this then theoretical concept is being put into practice in relation tomany states. The very concept of security grey zones is defined as places whereinternational rules do not fully apply. The vulnerability of such an area to externalcenters of power is also increasing. This allows many states to resort to strategies ofbalancing on the edge of international acceptability of non-armed action. Statesoperating in another country's territory, which is treated as a grey area, sequentially usea whole spectrum of methods to create crises. For the United States of America, the veryphenomenon of the grey zone is defined as a strategy of malign influence, moderndeterrence, election interference, or addiction through debt. The main purpose of thearticle is not only to define the problem of the functioning of grey security zones on theworld map, but also to indicate, on the example of Ukraine, how the mentioned conceptis implemented.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 38
  • Page Range: 42-56
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish