Title
Conflicts Of The 21st Century Based On Multidimensional Warfare – “Hybrid Warfare”, Disinformation And Manipulation
Authors
[ 1 ] Akademia Obrony Narodowej | [ D ] phd student
Year of publication
2015
Published in
Article type
scientific article
Publication language
english
Abstract
EN According to H. Schiller, manipulation is a tool of conquest. The oldest forms of manipulation were ideologies. Fabrice d’Almeida referred to manipulation appearing in the eighteenth century, but, according to Schiller, it appeared in the nineteenth century with the discountenance of physical oppression. The use of manipulation as a tool for fighting intensified after 1945. Nowadays, manipulation has changed when it comes to factors such as the strength of impact, range, and multitude. An important factor influencing the use of manipulation is modern technology. New environmental conditions influence the character and typology of conflicts. Changes in the environmental conditions enlarge the field of possible threats. Nowadays, we can observe that contemporary conflicts have a large complex scale, which has been extended by globalisation, the information age, advanced technologies and a new division of power in the world. Multidimensional methods of conducting modern warfare pose a threat, not only to soldiers, but also to civilians and societies as the whole. “Hybrid warfare” presents a unique combination of threats: conventional military operations, asymmetric warfare, irregular operations, terrorism, cyber threats and other tactics. “Hybrid warfare”, disinformation and manipulation blur the term of war and make it imprecise in the field of international law. The described activities require a multidimensional approach from all countries.
Date of online publication
30.09.2015
Pages (from - to)
103 - 129
Copyrights to the institution
Akademia Sztuki Wojennej
License type
CC BY (attribution alone)
Open Access Mode
publisher's website
Open Access Text Version
final published version
Release date
30.09.2015
Date of Open Access to the publication
at the time of publication
Ministry points / journal
7
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