01190nas a2200205   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653001200052653001600064653002000080653001500100653002700115653002300142100002200165245008900187300001200276490000700288520068900295       2018                            d  c201810adefence10ageopolitics10aglobal security10ahybrid war10ainternational conflict10anon-military means1 aVeronika Stoilova00aThe Art of Achieving Political Goals without Use of Force: War by Non-Military Means  a136-1420 v393 a<p>Nowadays, the boundaries between war and peace are increasingly blurred. Over the past few years we can observe the appearance of new terms in the field of international relations – ‘hybrid war,’ ‘hybrid conflicts’ or ‘hybrid threats.’ Despite the absence of a generally recognized definition of the concept, its characteristics are close to the definition of terrorism. Some security analysts indicate this type of conflict as a war, combining conventional methods with guerrilla, cyber and information warfare techniques (media and Internet) as well as with non-military actions, which run contrary to international law and aim to achieve specific policy goals.</p>