Vip Assassination as a Tool of Asymmetric Warfare in Post Cold War Era Cover Image

Zabójstwo ważnych osób jako narzędzie rozwiązywania konfliktów asymetrycznych w okresie po zimnej wojnie
Vip Assassination as a Tool of Asymmetric Warfare in Post Cold War Era

Author(s): Jarosław Hebda
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Civil Society, Governance, Security and defense, Welfare systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Penal Policy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Dolnośląskiej Szkoły Wyższej
Keywords: VIP;assassination;asymmetric warfare;post-Cold War conflicts;

Summary/Abstract: This article is an attempt to show why and how the VIP assassination is a tool of asymmetric warfare. The constantly increasing number of the actors of international security along with a growing level of interdependence between them lead to more and more conflicts, which for the same reason, are more and more often of an asymmetric nature. As the human factor is perceived as the most important one, elimination of key figures comes into focus as a really effective tool of waging the post-Cold War conflicts. What is even more interesting is the fact that not only non-state actors, which appears obvious, but also states decide to take advantage of this method. More and more frequently committed “targeted killings”, especially by the US and Israeli military and intelligence, constitute the evidence.

  • Issue Year: 8/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 265-271
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish