The American Hybrid War? Operation Enduring Freedom through the hybrid warfare lenses

• Název práce v češtině: Americká hybridní válka? Operace Trvalá svoboda z perspektivy hybridního vedení války
• Název v anglickém jazyce: The American Hybrid War? Operation Enduring Freedom through the hybrid warfare lenses
• Klíčová slova: Hybridní válka, hybridní válčení, Operace Trvalá Svoboda 2001, USA, András Rácz, Frank Hoffman, Západ, západní hybridní válka
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Hybrid war, hybrid warfare, Operation Enduring Freedom 2001, USA, András Rácz, Frank Hoffman, West, Western hybrid warfare,
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2019/2020
• Typ práce: diplomová práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Katedra mezinárodních vztahů (23-KMV)
• Vedoucí / školitel: Mgr. Vojtěch Bahenský, Ph.D.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno vedoucím/školitelem
• Datum přihlášení: 07.07.2020
• Datum zadání: 07.07.2020
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 24.06.2021 08:00
• Místo konání obhajoby: Pekařská 16, JPEK314, 314, Malá učebna, 3.patro
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 04.05.2021
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 24.06.2021
• Oponenti: PhDr. JUDr. Tomáš Karásek, Ph.D.

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Předběžná náplň práce

Tato diplomová práce se zaobírá schopností západních demokratických států vést hybridní válku. Hybridní válka byla po celou dobu své existence téměř exklusivně připisována nedemokratickým režimům, které jejích metod používají často velmi agresivně. Ve snaze zpochybnit toto přesvědčení, tato práce reinterpretuje počínání Spojených států amerických během počáteční fáze Operace Trvalá svoboda v Afghánistánu roku 2001, „očima“ hybridní války. Vzhledem k tomu, že pojem hybridní válka je velmi široký a často špatně definovatelný, se autor této práce rozhodl konceptualizovat dobře známý popis ruské hybridní války, vytvořený Andrásem Ráczem v roce 2015, skrze který bude zkoumaný případ reinterpretovat. Schopnost západních demokratických států vést hybridní válku je, co se týče dostupné literatury, zhola neprozkoumané téma, tato práce se tedy zaobírá naprosto novým tématem. Tato práce se také zamýšlí nad tím, jak může zjištění o schopnosti západních států vést hybridní válku ovlivnit naše chápání tohoto fenoménu obecně. Autor se skrze tuto práci snaží poskytnout nový, faktuálně zaměřený pohled na hybridní válku, nezatížený předsudky ani emocionálním podtextem, který bohužel zatěžuje mnohé příspěvky do akademické debaty na toto téma. Tato nová perspektiva na hybridní válku dle autora silně přispěje k našemu objektivnímu chápání tohoto fenoménu.

Předběžná náplň práce v anglickém jazyce

This diploma thesis delves into the possibility of a Western democratic state waging hybrid warfare. The hybrid warfare has been throughout its existence almost exclusively attributed to undemocratic regimes, which often utilized it in an aggressive fashion. In order to challenge this notion, this thesis seeks to reinterpret the conduct of the USA during the opening stages of the Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan 2001, through the lenses of hybrid warfare. Since hybrid warfare is rather wide, often poorly defined term, the author chose to conceptualize a well-known description of Russian hybrid warfare, created by András Rácz in 2015, through which the studied case is then reinterpreted. The possibility of the Western democratic state waging hybrid warfare is, as far as existing research goes, completely unexplored, hence this thesis is delving into a completely new research area. This thesis also ponders on how this realization of Western ability to wage hybrid war can influence our outlook on the phenomenon itself. With this thesis, the author seeks to offer a new, factual outlook on hybrid warfare, unhindered by biases and emotional undertone which sadly mires many contributions to the academic debate on the topic. This new perspective on hybrid warfare, in authors personal opinion, can greatly contribute to our objective understanding of the phenomenon.