Mémoire
| Résumé : | The aim of this master thesis is to close the gap in the literature surrounding hybrid warfare where the literature remains very theoretical or delves into one particular case. We attempt to bridge this gap by analysing the four prominent cases of hybrid warfare in Ukraine, Syria, Kashmir and in the East and South China Sea through a framework consisting of three prominent sources of hybrid warfare. This framework consists of three sources: Hoffman (2009), Glenn (2009) and Multinational Capacity Development Campaign (MCDC) (MCDC, 2017) and MCDC, 2019). This framework allows us to recognise eight dimensions: conventional capabilities, terrorism, irregular tactics, criminal, political, economic, information, and societal means. The purpose of the study is to find an answer to what hybrid warfare entails, which dimensions provided in the numerous theories tend to come back in the reality and why this concept should be a separate category of conflicts. The study shows that not all eight dimensions of hybrid warfare present in our framework appear in each case. Out of the eight dimensions four dimensions were present in all cases: conventional, irregular, political, and informational means. Societal means were absent in all the cases. The obtained results indicate that the present dimensions of hybrid warfare do not exhibit enough common characteristics to be put in the same category in light of the existing theory. Not to mention forming a separate category in the realm of conflicts. |
