Violation of territorial integrity as a tool for waging long-term hybrid warfare (against the backdrop of power games in the South Caucasus region)

• Autorzy: Iskandarov Khayal Ibrahim , Gawliczek Piotr , Soboń Andrzej

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.35467/sdq/174507

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper seeks to examine the violation of territorial integrity as a stage of hybrid warfare. Grounded in the theoretical framework of neoclassical realism, this study analyses nations’ foreign policy strategies considering both global and domestic factors. Employing primarily qualitative research, this study concentrates on a case study of the South Caucasus region. Against the backdrop of the war which broke out in the early 2022 between Russia and Ukraine, the preservation of territorial integrity emerges as an imperative aspect of national security policy. Despite the longstanding recognition of territorial integrity as a fundamental tenet of international law over the centuries, this war has galvanised all nations with regard to the violation of territorial integrity. The paper delineates the principles of territorial integrity vis-à-vis the national security of the South Caucasus countries, substantiating the assertion that violation of the territorial integrity of the particular countries in this region serves the interests of external actors, either directly or indirectly, and is employed as a strategic tool in the pursuit of protracted hybrid warfare.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

national security; hybrid warfare; territorial integrity; territorial violation

• Wydawca: Akademia Sztuki Wojennej
• Czasopismo: Security and Defence Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 45, No. 1
• Strony: 1--17
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 49 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Iskandarov Khayal Ibrahim

• Military Scientific Research Institute, National Defence University, Yasamal District, Str. Academician Shafaet Mehdiev 136, AZ1065, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8975-6530

autor

Gawliczek Piotr

• University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Elk Campus Branch, Tadeusz Kosciuszko Street 23, 19-300 Elk, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0462-1168

autor

Soboń Andrzej

• National Security Faculty, War Studies University, Al. Gen. Chrusciela 103, 00-910, Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2540-2252

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