Opinions regarding the Principles, Characteristics and Approaches of the Hybrid Spectrum

Authors

  • Bogdan Vasile
  • Viorel Catalin Mihalcea National University of Defense Carol I

Keywords:

principles; strategies; coordination; synchronization; characteristics

Abstract

Newly generated in the landscape of belligerence of the 21st century, hybrid confrontations are carriers of cognitive and polemological charges of deep substance, intended to differentiate them from the previous types of confrontation, symmetrical, dissymmetric and asymmetrical. The hybrid theory took over, integrated, synthesized and explained the complex approach to belligerence of these times, the possibilities of achieving the strategic goals of major international actors, initially produced through non-military efforts, later there making possible the intervention of well-known and destructive kinetic strikes. The main components are intended to validate the norms of conduct specific to the analyzed confrontation, the primary causes and the starting points in achieving the objectives of the belligerence. The characteristics must explain the specific predominant parameters of the confrontation in view, the aspects that particularize and differentiate it from established forms of military art from past wars. Obviously, the operational and non-operational approaches will decipher the possibilities of triggering the confrontation, intervened in space and time, a complex approach that will make it possible to achieve the strategic goals, objectives and the proposed final state.

Author Biography

Viorel Catalin Mihalcea, National University of Defense Carol I

Ph.D.

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Published

2024-07-31

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Section

International Relations in the Contemporary World. Geopolitics and Diplomacy