Understanding Hybrid Warfare Constructivism and Ontological (in)Security
Pochopení konstruktivismu hybridní války a ontologické (ne)bezpečnosti
diplomová práce (OBHÁJENO)
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/152237Identifikátory
SIS: 224535
Kolekce
- Kvalifikační práce [17642]
Autor
Vedoucí práce
Oponent práce
Ludvík, Jan
Fakulta / součást
Fakulta sociálních věd
Obor
Mezinárodní bezpečnostní studia
Katedra / ústav / klinika
Katedra bezpečnostních studií
Datum obhajoby
23. 9. 2021
Nakladatel
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědJazyk
Angličtina
Známka
Dobře
Klíčová slova (česky)
hybridní válka, kontsruktivismus, ontologická bezpečnostKlíčová slova (anglicky)
hybrid warfare, constructivism, ontological securityThis thesis aim is to investigate the propagation of the term 'Hybrid Warfare' in world politics, more specifically on NATO's discourses and official texts. Granted the argument that the term is unable to convey a concrete strategic doctrine or strategy due to its lack of conceptual fecundity, we argue that nonetheless, the usage of the term serves NATO as an Ontological Security exercise. The reasoning behind this argument is that Hybrid Threats (or war) have the capacity to make NATO ontologically (in)secure due to the latter's inability to respond efficiently. Thus, disrupting the alliance strategy of 'being' - that is a collective defense alliance in charge of security of all members via the Article V of the treaty - and at the same time its strategy of 'doing' which is the ability of the alliance to provide a peaceful and safe Euro-Atlantic region, inside and out. Following our attempted bridging on Hybrid War and NATO's Ontological Security, we then proceed to explicate policy changes influenced by the former. In order to do so, we chose to employ a three- layered model created by Jakub Eberle and Vladimir Handl which conceptualizes Ontological Security through narratives about the self, the other, and the overall international system. The argument is that when actors are threatened by a...