THE HYBRID WAR CONCEPT – ARGUMENTS FOR AND VERSUS
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15 July 2015
Abstract
THE OVERLAPPING OF MANY CATEGORIES OF CONFLICTS IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC SPACE – ”CONVENTIONAL CONFLICTS”, ”ASYMMETRICAL CONFLICTS” – ALLOWS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF AN ENORMOUS QUANTITY OF PARADIGMS, FOLLOWED BY PREDICTIONS, THEORIES AND SINTAGMS, LEADING TO UNBEARABLE CONFUSION. THE EXISTENCE OF THE THEORY OF ”HYBRID WAR” IS JUSTIFIED BY GROTIUS'S METHODOLOGICAL INDICATION TO REJECT EXTREMES - HERE ”CONVENTIONAL” AND ”ASYMMETRICAL” THOUGH THEY ARE PART OF THE SAME PHENOMENON - AND TO VOTE FOR ”HYBRID” AS PREDICTIVE FORMULA FOR THE FUTURE CONFLICTS. THIS THEORY WILL RESIST IN TIME DUE TO ITS RELEVANCY IN ADAPTING/REFORMULATING THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICTS IN THE FUTURE AS A NECESSITY IN RESPONSE TO ”MODERN WAR HYBRIDIZATION”. TO THESE OBJECTIVE CONDITIONALITY'S, INTRODUCING THE "WAR HYBRIDIZATION" SYNTAGM GETS THINGS EVEN MORE COMPLICATED, CAUSING CONFUSION THAT AFFECT THE STATUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW REGARDING ARMED CONFLICTS UNDISTINGUISHING BETWEEN COMBATANTS/PARTIES IN CON FLICT DOES NOT HELP THE WAR LAW, ON THE CONTRARY, IT BREAKS ITS CREDIBILITY AS IMPERATIVE AUTHORITY.
Keywords
CONFLICT
GROTIUS
THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICTS
HYBRID WAR
WAR
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