WORLD HYBRID WAR: UKRAINIAN FRONT: MONOGRAPHY / FOR LAG. ORDER V. P. GORBULIN. – KHARKIV: FOLIO, 2017. – 496 S.

Abstract

The collective monograph prepared by the specialists of the National Institute for Strategic Studies was reviewed in the article. For the first time in the domestic and world science, the phenomenon of the world hybrid war in the perspective of Russian aggression against Ukraine was explored in detail. The essence of the hybrid war is considered in the context of the systemic crisis of world security, and its phenomenon – as the latest form of global confrontation. The reasons and preconditions of Russian aggression against Ukraine, its strategic goals, as well as the peculiarities of hybrid warfare in various dimensions: military, political, economic, social, humanitarian, and information, are considered in detail. The local successes of our state in counteracting hostile Russian plans in separate directions are analyzed. A general conclusion is drawn about Ukraine's ability to prove its ability as a state defending its sovereignty in the fight against the aggressor. The issues of reforming international security institutions and the search for a balance of forces in a new, hybrid reality are considered.