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„Nie tylko dla orłów”. Czy terroryści sięgają po hybrydowość?
Terrorism and Hybrid Warfare

Author(s): Kacper Rękawek, Peter Tanchak
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: hybrid conflict; terrorism

Summary/Abstract: For many Central Europeans hybrid warfare is only available to strong states wishing to mask their involvement in conventional warfare, not to weak non-state actors. The article tests this hypothesis and looks at the organisations on the Foreign Terrorist Organisations list in an attempt to establish whether or not they meet the requirements of a hybrid threat. Such an analysis helps establish if non-state actors could and would go “where eagles dare,” reaching for solutions such as those adopted by the Russian Federation in Ukraine. If so, and indeed this will be shown to be the case, this offers valuable takeaway points also for the exposed NATO eastern flank, which borders on the hybrid-prone Russia.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 57-72
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish