Journal of Criminology and Forensic Studies ISSN: 2640-6578
Review Article
Hybrid Threats, Challenges, and Dangers in Kosovo
Published: 2023-04-17

Abstract

Fighting as a social phenomenon evaluates and changes continuously. While the term “hybrid war” has become a key element in the security vocabulary of the Western Balkans and beyond. At the same time, with the recent developments in technology, security organizations/ institutions are interested in increasing their preparedness for possible future wars. Because of the way of how currently security organizations/institutions are operating, there are reasonable concerns to believe that they cannot appropriately respond to new wars if it is approached in the same way as it has been done in the past. In the absolute meaning of technological growth, the security institutions are confronting a change of perspectives and the preparation of a new social and cultural generation about how war will be understood in the future and the change of its shape at a time when it also changes the term “classical war.” The term “hybrid war” is entering the security doctrine increasingly every day and is becoming an influential part. The threats that come from the hybrid war include propaganda, the creation of various misinformation expressed as fake news known as counterfeit information arranged, processed, and directed specifically to misinform, known as’ deep fake’; cyber-attacks, intrusions into computer systems, various economic pressures; sabotage, financing the media, multiple portals; and well-known analysts of particular topics, mainly political security, economic issues, etc. The threats of hybrid war, in recent years, are felt to a large extent in the Western Balkans, so the security institutions have started to treat these issues seriously, and have undertaken various actions to prevent them. Such threats are felt in Kosovo as well. Due to its internal circumstances, regional context, and international developments, Kosovo is a country that can very quickly be exposed to hybrid threats.

Keywords

Kosovo; Hybrid Threats; Conflict; Durability; Prevention; International Cooperation