Sažetak
The new geopolitical image of Southeast Europe (SEE), created by transition and warfare, is today exposed to new hybrid forms of endangerment. Hybrid threats do not necessarily involve military forms of action, but they may also involve them in certain phases. A stealth holder of hybrid threats and synergy in a number of different areas makes it difficult for their timely detection and removal of threats, and reduces the ability to react rapidly and minimize the damage. The development of new strategic paradigms in the contemporary world must recognize hybrid warfare as an important and unavoidable risk of exploitation vulnerabilities of the state and society, so we must primarily recognize our weaknesses to be taken into account when assessing threats. Multi-party systems, both real and bogus, have brought to the SEE countries some positive changes, yet with the still very present tendencies to return to the old ways in security patterns, although under new, americanised names. One of goals of this paper is to offer the new security paradigm to the SEE facing hybrid challenges, as a model for a way out of used-up organisational forms and obsolete security patterns. The paper discusses new development directions and the ways to step out from the existing inherited security concepts through the switch of the security paradigm in a manner that is based on national objectives, on the change of attitude towards the intellectual capital and its role in development of security models and systems, and on functional and organisational combining of the research capacities. Only through mutual respect of the national goals of SEE member countries and their mutual harmonization can make progress and security in the SEE area possible.
Ključne riječi
hybrid threats ; security paradigm ; national objective ; national values ; intellectual capital