Coercive Engineered Migrations as a Tool of Hybrid Warfare: A Binary Comparison of Two Cases on the External EU Border
Coercive Engineered Migrations as a Tool of Hybrid Warfare: A Binary Comparison of Two Cases on the External EU Border
Author(s): Janko BekićSubject(s): International Law, Comparative politics, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Peace and Conflict Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: Hybrid Warfare; Coercive Engineered Migrations; European Union; Greece; Poland;
Summary/Abstract: In the first part of the paper the author gives an overview of the terminology, definition and theory of hybrid warfare, a concept simultaneously disputed in the academic community and firmly established among the decision-making elites of NATO and the EU. The second part is dedicated to a specific aspect or tool of hybrid warfare – coercive engineered migrations. Through a binary comparison of different cases with a similar outcome on the EU’s external border – Greece-Turkey in 2020 and Poland-Belarus in 2021 – the author determines the internal and external requirements for a successful defense against migrations weaponized by a hostile neighboring state.
Journal: Politička Misao
- Issue Year: LIX/2022
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 141-169
- Page Count: 29
- Language: English