THE BALKANS AND NON-MILITARY SECURITY THREATS – QUALITY COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF RESILIENCE CAPABILITIES REGARDING HYBRID THREATS
The contemporary security environment indicates non-conventional, asymmetric and hybrid security threats as potentially the most accurate threats to global and regional security. Conflict risks in the regional frame strongly depend on strategically aimed non-military, but hybrid acts. The great powe...
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| description | The contemporary security environment indicates non-conventional, asymmetric and
hybrid security threats as potentially the most accurate threats to global and regional
security. Conflict risks in the regional frame strongly depend on strategically aimed
non-military, but hybrid acts. The great powers mostly attempt to achieve their own
interests’ goals in fulfi llment of self-orientated strategic dominance. The Balkan region is
a crossroads of strongly exposed interest spheres of regional as well as global powers. The
article aims to determine areas of infl uence in the Balkan States that could become targets
of predominantly non-military but hybrid infl uences. Multi-Value Quality Comparative
Analyses (mvQCA) of state power, stability and resilience capacities were used in the
research. The methodology used was based on the approach with multi-valued sets of
variables and conditions. A theoretical framework was based on contemporary theories
of state power and hybrid warfare concept. Used databases were brought together from
generated open source databases of approved international academic or think-tank
organisations. Based on a hypothesis regarding hybrid security threats, a theoretical
framework of understanding of power and analysing a wide spectra of databases, the
article aims to contribute a rational and objective understanding of two main indicators:
the potential to become a target and the resilience capacities of countries in the face of
hybrid security threats. Its findings indicate that most countries in the Balkan region are
potentially under unarmed influences and have very low resilience capabilities against possible hybrid infl uences. The conclusions reached help to clarify that the Balkan States
are vulnerable to hybrid security threats. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5eec20b6c215466896520ecf9175d9de2022-12-22T02:02:03ZengWydawnictwo Akademii Sztuki WojennejSecurity and Defence Quarterly2300-87412544-994X2018-12-01225204510.5604/01.3001.0012.7224103314THE BALKANS AND NON-MILITARY SECURITY THREATS – QUALITY COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF RESILIENCE CAPABILITIES REGARDING HYBRID THREATSMiroslav MITROVIC0University of Defense, Republic of SerbiaThe contemporary security environment indicates non-conventional, asymmetric and hybrid security threats as potentially the most accurate threats to global and regional security. Conflict risks in the regional frame strongly depend on strategically aimed non-military, but hybrid acts. The great powers mostly attempt to achieve their own interests’ goals in fulfi llment of self-orientated strategic dominance. The Balkan region is a crossroads of strongly exposed interest spheres of regional as well as global powers. The article aims to determine areas of infl uence in the Balkan States that could become targets of predominantly non-military but hybrid infl uences. Multi-Value Quality Comparative Analyses (mvQCA) of state power, stability and resilience capacities were used in the research. The methodology used was based on the approach with multi-valued sets of variables and conditions. A theoretical framework was based on contemporary theories of state power and hybrid warfare concept. Used databases were brought together from generated open source databases of approved international academic or think-tank organisations. Based on a hypothesis regarding hybrid security threats, a theoretical framework of understanding of power and analysing a wide spectra of databases, the article aims to contribute a rational and objective understanding of two main indicators: the potential to become a target and the resilience capacities of countries in the face of hybrid security threats. Its findings indicate that most countries in the Balkan region are potentially under unarmed influences and have very low resilience capabilities against possible hybrid infl uences. The conclusions reached help to clarify that the Balkan States are vulnerable to hybrid security threats.http://www.journalssystem.com/sdq/THE-BALKANS-AND-NON-MILITARY-SECURITY-nTHREATS-QUALITY-COMPARATIVE-ANALYSES-nOF-RESILIENCE,103314,0,2.htmlun-conventional securityhybrid security threatsBalkansQualityComparative Analysesnational resilience capacities |
| spellingShingle | Miroslav MITROVIC THE BALKANS AND NON-MILITARY SECURITY THREATS – QUALITY COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF RESILIENCE CAPABILITIES REGARDING HYBRID THREATS Security and Defence Quarterly un-conventional security hybrid security threats Balkans Quality Comparative Analyses national resilience capacities |
| title | THE BALKANS AND NON-MILITARY SECURITY
THREATS – QUALITY COMPARATIVE ANALYSES
OF RESILIENCE CAPABILITIES REGARDING
HYBRID THREATS |
| title_full | THE BALKANS AND NON-MILITARY SECURITY
THREATS – QUALITY COMPARATIVE ANALYSES
OF RESILIENCE CAPABILITIES REGARDING
HYBRID THREATS |
| title_fullStr | THE BALKANS AND NON-MILITARY SECURITY
THREATS – QUALITY COMPARATIVE ANALYSES
OF RESILIENCE CAPABILITIES REGARDING
HYBRID THREATS |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE BALKANS AND NON-MILITARY SECURITY
THREATS – QUALITY COMPARATIVE ANALYSES
OF RESILIENCE CAPABILITIES REGARDING
HYBRID THREATS |
| title_short | THE BALKANS AND NON-MILITARY SECURITY
THREATS – QUALITY COMPARATIVE ANALYSES
OF RESILIENCE CAPABILITIES REGARDING
HYBRID THREATS |
| title_sort | balkans and non military security threats quality comparative analyses of resilience capabilities regarding hybrid threats |
| topic | un-conventional security hybrid security threats Balkans Quality Comparative Analyses national resilience capacities |
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