What are the hybrid threats? How to deal with them? What methods to counter them have already been developed in Ukraine and NATO and how has hybrid aggression against Ukraine affected the perception of security challenges within the Alliance? These and other issues were discussed today at the public discussion “Hybrid Threats: Ukraine’s and NATO’s Response” at the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Speakers of the event:
• Barbora Maronkova, Director of NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Kyiv
• Olexandr Danyluk, Head of the Center of Defense Reforms
• Marianna Fakhurdinova, Head of the NGO Security Initiatives Center, Intern at the New Europe Center.
Moderator: Kateryna Zarembo, Deputy Director of the New Europe Center.
Key ideas from the speakers:
- In today’s world, the ratio of military and non-conventional (hybrid) methods of waging wars is 20% : 80%
- Only a regime where there is trust between government and the civil society can effectively counter hybrid threats
- NATO is now working to perceive cyber-attacks as a pretext for applying Article 5 of the Washington Treaty
Special gratitude to Olexandr Kraiev for organizing and conducting a simulation game “Hybrid Threats Response”, during which the participants tried to put into practice the tools to counter hybrid threats!
The event was jointly organized by the New Europe Center and the Security Initiatives Center, supported by the International Renaissance Foundation.
