Between Form and Function : A Constructivist Approach to International Law´s Role in Contemporary Hybrid Conflicts
Journal: UTUPub (University of Turku)
Year: 2021

The conflict sparked between Russia and Ukraine in Crimea in 2014, raised the concept of hybrid warfare to the attention of the general public. Since then, the term has also been used to describe ISIS´s war-making tactics. In this study, hybrid warfare and modern conflicts are approached by focusing on how international law constructs reality and guides choices in contemporary battlefields. The first part of the study examines the rules of legitimate war and humanitarian law in the light of the