THE HYBRID WAR IN UKRAINE OR THE CHANGING REGIONAL POWER ARCHITECTURE
Journal: Scientific Annals of “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi (New Series) POLITICAL  SCIENCE
Year: 2016

This article aims to analyze the evolution of conflict in Ukraine and Russia's behavior, applying a concept that benefits from great attention in the last decade - hybrid war. Beyond the Ukrainian stake and the goal to regain territories lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the 2014 conflict is about Russia's position in the region and the change of power architecture. Ukraine, with its geopolitical disadvantages represented a certain victim in the struggle of interest between an indecis