Czech Security Policy in the Context of the Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Czech Security Policy in the Context of the Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine

Original language description

This chapter analyses the changes in Czech security policy that have been ongoing in the context of the hybrid war waged by the Russian Federation (Russia) in Ukraine and described by it as a special operation to de-Nazify and de-militarise the country. This war is prosecuted according to a scenario conceived by Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov, and his concept of hybrid warfare is therefore described, alongside that used by British and American academics and implemented by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The paper investigates NATO's ability to counter hybrid threats, including co-operation within the organisation and with countries of the European Union (EU). Explaining changes in Czech security policy in the context of the impacts of the war in Ukraine, the paper focuses on the activities of the Czech security community and their recommendations as to how Czech security policy and the security system should be improved to make the country more resilient to hybrid threats. A decisive role in this respect was played by the National Security Audit, which analysed the state of Czech security policy and made a number of recommendations to ensure Czech resilience to hybrid threats. The paper describes which of these recommendations have been implemented, and notes those that so far have not been put into practice. Developed by the Copenhagen School in the 1990s, the concept of societal resilience is concerned with security from internal threats to the state and society's ability to overcome crisis and return to the original, pre-crisis situation as soon as possible. The concept allows non-state actors (private firms and segments of civil society) to be involved in security, some of which are able to identify hybrid threats - particularly disinformation campaigns - before the state's security forces. The chapter describes how security policy capacities have had to be bolstered, legislation adopted and coordination mechanisms in the security system improved to make the Czech Republic (Czechia) more resilient to hybrid threats in the light of the war in Ukraine.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

3rd International Scientific Conference of the 30 Years of the Visegrad Group

ISBN

978-83-227-9713-6

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Number of pages

29

Pages from-to

123-151

Publisher name

Maria Curie Sklodowska Univ Press

Place of publication

Lublin

Event location

Sklodowska Univ, Lublin, POLAND

Event date

Apr 19, 2023

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

001300573700009