HYBRID AND ASYMMETRIC WARFARE – TANGIBLE THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

This article presents the ideology and goals underlying asymmetric and hybridwarfare. The author analyses international law provisions, which apply to theaggressor state and the victim state in this type of conflicts. The article also presentstools for conducting hybrid and asymmetric warfare and determines the benefitsthat aggressor states derive from this type of actions. The author indicates how thestate should react in response to hybrid and asymmetric attacks, what measuresto use and what preventive actions to take in order to avoid being attacked inthe future. Thanks to the analysis of numerous international documents andstate defence reports, it is possible to determine the goals, threats, tools andcounteracting of hybrid and asymmetric warfare.