Violent regime change as the contents of a hybrid warfare

Abstract

Having in mind its destructive potential, warfare is a socially very sensitive and significant issue, which has experienced its transformation and definite expansion in recent years. The term hybrid warfare, which certainly exceeds the present knowledge of the form and contents of warfare, has been in frequent use lately. The actuality of the use of the term hybrid warfare and its still insufficiently conceptual definition, both in theory and practice, indicates the need for scientific research of the phenomenon itself, primarily through the ways of its manifestation. Without going in more detail about the problems of its definition, which is frequently discussed in the academic community, the focus in this paper will be on the presentation of well-known forms of violent regime change, which can be a segment of a wider action such as hybrid warfare. A special emphasis will be placed on the analysis of coup d'etat, revolution, uprising, as well as military intervention for the sake of overthrowing. Although all these forms of overthrow can be viewed separately, they can undoubtedly be regarded as a segment of hybrid warfare. The concrete choice of violent regime change form and probability of its execution depend on a number of factors, which can be determined on the basis of the analysis of their individual characteristics.

Keywords

• coup d'etat
• revolution
• uprising
• military intervention
• hybrid warfare