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

Khayal Ibrahim Iskandarov; Piotr Gawliczek; Andrzej Soboń

doi:10.35467/sdq/174507

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Title

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

Authors

Khayal Ibrahim Iskandarov ^{[ 1 ]}
Piotr Gawliczek ^{[ 2 ]}
Andrzej Soboń (WBN) ^{[ 3 ][ 4 ][ 6.3 ][ P ]}

^{[ 1 ]} Military Scientific Research Institute, National Defence University, Yasamal district, str. academician Shafaet Mehdiev 136, AZ1065, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan | ^{[ 2 ]} University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Elk Campus Branch, Tadeusz Kosciuszko Street 23, 19-300 Elk, Poland | ^{[ 3 ]} Wydział Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego, Akademia Sztuki Wojennej | ^{[ 4 ]} National Security Faculty, War Studies University, Al. Gen. Chrusciela 103, 00-910, Warsaw, Poland | ^{[ P ]} employee

Scientific discipline (Law 2.0)

[6.3] Security studies

Year of publication

2024

Published in

Security and Defence Quarterly

Journal year: 2024 | Journal volume: vol. 45 | Journal number: no. 1

Article type

scientific article

Publication language

english

Keywords

PL

Badania ilościowe
Badania jakościowe
Bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe
Bezpieczeństwo narodowe
Europa Wschodnia
Polityka zagraniczna
Rosja
Ukraina
Wojna hybrydowa
Zakaukazie

EN

National security
Hybrid warfare
International security
Russia
Ukraine
Qualitative research
Territorial integrity
Territorial violation

Abstract

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.

Date of online publication

27.11.2024

Pages (from - to)

1 - 17

DOI

10.35467/sdq/174507

URL

https://securityanddefence.pl/pdf-174507-97017

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Corresponding author Andrzej Soboń National Security Faculty, War Studies University, Chrusciela, 00-910, Warsaw, Poland

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