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Introduction
expandideasofhybridwarfillingpublicspaceandbecoming
somethingobvious/common.
Tebookconsistsofthreeproblemparts.Tefirstpart,New
challengesandthreatstosecurity,containsanalysesrelatedtothe
turmoilaroundthe“globalsecuritybalance”
,intheconditions
ofreturntothemanifestationsofconfrontationthattheworld
bidfarewelltointheearly1990s.Formanyinternationalsecuri-
tyanalysts,2014istheturningpointintheemergenceofanew
ColdWar,followingtheincorporationofCrimeabytheRussian
Federationandforcefulseparationofthetwoeasternregions
ofUkraine.Someanalystsseethebeginningofthisnewwarin
January2017,whenDonaldTrumptookofceasthePresident
oftheUnitedStates,givingasignaltolaunchaconfrontation
againstChinawiththeuseofpolitical,economic,militaryand
propagandatools.Tenewpoliticalandmilitarysituationin
UkraineandthePacificregionrequiresaredefinitionoftheex-
istingparadigmsofinternationalsecurity.Concernsaboutthe
returntotheColdWarscenarios,thebrinksmanshiptheories
ofnuclearconfrontation(despitethefactthattheChinesenu-
cleararsenalwasandstillisweakerthantheAmericanone)
andnewelements,especiallyincreasedcompetitionincyber-
space,outerspaceandthreatsofinitiationofproxyconflicts
havebeenconfirmed.Tothesurpriseofinternationalopinion,
Russianexpansionismhasnotbeenmetwithaconstructivere-
sponsefromtheTrumpadministration.Itwascharacterizedby
akindofisolationisminrelationtothepre-2016transatlantic
optionandapolicyofreferringtotheprincipleofpaternalistic
transactionalismincontactswithselectivelytreatedallies.Te
aboveissueswerereflectedintheanalysesofŁukaszKominek:
Teshapingofanewsecurityparadigminthefaceofthetrans-
formationofglobalsecurity,andKrzysztofNajdzik:Temilitary
doctrineoftheRussianFederation2020–challengesandthreats
toglobalandregionalsecurity.
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