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ОРГАНІЗАЦІЙНІ ВІЙНИ ЯК ІНСТРУМЕНТ ТИСКУ В МІЖНАРОДНИХ ВІДНОСИНАХ
ORGANIZATIONAL WARS AS AN INSTRUMENT OF PRESSURE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Author(s): Oleksandr Yurievich Panfilov, Olga Oleksandrivna Savchenko
Subject(s): Political Sciences, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Національний юридичний університет імені Ярослава Мудрого
Keywords: organizational warfare; the strategy of “indirect approach”; effects-based operation; organizational weapons;

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the fact that wars acquire a hybrid character in the 21st century. It is emphasized that the new ways of waging war are aimed at destroying the state from the inside by unbalancing all organizational systems of the state, when national features are destroyed, economic and political subordination to the aggressor occurs. The article details the essence and content of modern wars that are referred to as organizational wars and highlights some aspects of their essence are highlighted in the context of international relations. It is shown that the main tool of organizational warfare is the technology of “controlled chaos”, which involves the use of a strategy of indirect approach and effects-based operations, and that the maximum effect of organizational weapons is achieved in network societies.

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