⚔️ The widespread use of hybrid war tools in modern international relations brings us back to the classic maxim of Thomas Hobbes that relations between states are doomed to anarchy.
The state of peace is temporary, and at any moment can turn into a state of war.
Modern realities suggest that the absence of armed struggle can be combined with a permanent hybrid confrontation.
That is, anarchy goes much further and deeper than the classical political theorists observed.
The key practical problem of hybrid warfare is that it is extremely difficult to control via conventional diplomatic means. You can stop the armed struggle by concluding a truce or a peace agreement. But how can two belligerent parties agree on the end of a hybrid war?
Hybrid warfare is easy to start and even easier to accelerate its momentum. Stopping it is extremely difficult, if not impossible. Moreover, a smouldering and self-sustaining hybrid war may well devalue political agreements and diplomatic efforts.
The termination of hybrid wars and their transformation into a hybrid peace is the fundamental problem of modern diplomacy, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Ivan Timofeev.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/hybrid-war-and-hybrid-peace/
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The state of peace is temporary, and at any moment can turn into a state of war.
Modern realities suggest that the absence of armed struggle can be combined with a permanent hybrid confrontation.
That is, anarchy goes much further and deeper than the classical political theorists observed.
The key practical problem of hybrid warfare is that it is extremely difficult to control via conventional diplomatic means. You can stop the armed struggle by concluding a truce or a peace agreement. But how can two belligerent parties agree on the end of a hybrid war?
Hybrid warfare is easy to start and even easier to accelerate its momentum. Stopping it is extremely difficult, if not impossible. Moreover, a smouldering and self-sustaining hybrid war may well devalue political agreements and diplomatic efforts.
The termination of hybrid wars and their transformation into a hybrid peace is the fundamental problem of modern diplomacy, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Ivan Timofeev.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/hybrid-war-and-hybrid-peace/
#EconomicStatecraft #HybridWar
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Hybrid War and Hybrid Peace
The main problem of hybrid warfare is that it is easy to start and even easier to accelerate its momentum. Stopping it is extremely difficult, if not impossible. Moreover, a smouldering and self-sustaining hybrid war may well devalue political agreements…