Development of the Croatian National Security Strategy in the Hybrid Threats Context

Smiljanic Drazen ()
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Smiljanic Drazen: Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies at the Croatian Defence Academy in Zagreb, Croatia

Croatian International Relations Review, 2017, vol. 23, issue 80, 97-129

Abstract: The development of the new National Security Strategy (NSS) of the Republic of Croatia, begun in November 2016, takes place in a radically different security environment compared to the first (and current) Croatian NSS published in 2002. This paper aims to provide incentives for potential adaptations to the approach and methodology used in Croatia’s NSS development, particularly in relation to hybrid warfare. Assuming that the hybrid adversary tends heavily to exploit the vulnerabilities of the targeted state and society, the paper addresses some of Croatia’s widely recognized weaknesses that should be taken into consideration in a threat assessment. As a conclusion, the paper proposes some recommendations, including the concept of societal resilience, related to ways to counter hybrid threats.

Keywords: national security strategy; hybrid warfare; hybrid threats; Croatia; Russia; vulnerabilities; societal resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2017-0022

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