HYBRID WAR, ITS ESSENCE AND SPECIFICITY

Abstract

In the paper, the hybrid war is considered as an exclusively geopolitical phenomenon, which is not defined as a whole in the paradigms of other studies. In the article, the problem is studied within the methodology of geopolitical realism. The author believes that the essence of hybrid war is a set of actions aimed at destroying all the main geopolitical spaces of the opposing society, that is, its absolute destruction, carried out simultaneously in all main types of geopolitical spaces. The paper identifies the main technologies of hybrid warfare and its main actors. The author expresses his point of view on the ways of struggle, which is carried out through acts of hybrid war against the state.