Croatian national security Croatia and response to hybrid threats

Ovaj rad se bavi tematikom hibridnih prijetnji i njihovim implikacijama na nacionalnu sigurnost Republike Hrvatske kako bi se ustanovila ugroženost Republike Hrvatske od hibridnih prijetnji i slijedom toga ispitale sposobnosti hrvatskog sustava nacionalne sigurnosti za suprotstavljanje hibridnim prijetnjama. Rad tako obuhvaća i definira ključne pojmove poput nacionalne sigurnosti i hibridnih prijetnji. Pojam nacionalna sigurnost obuhvaća stanje sigurnosti i sustav koji treba osigurati takvo stanje u kojem će biti osigurani interesi i ciljevi jedne države, dok hibridne prijetnje predstavljaju modus operandi kojim određeni akteri ostvaruju svoje interese na štetu drugoga i podčinjavaju ga svojoj volji razarajući tako njegovu nacionalnu sigurnost. Hibridne prijetnje ugrožavaju nacionalnu sigurnost Republike Hrvatske, dok pritom Republika Hrvatska nema sposobnosti kojima bi se suprotstavila hibridnim prijetnjama. Upravo zbog toga Hrvatska mora pristupiti izradi protuhibridne strategije kojom bi se izgradili temelji za suprotstavljanje hibridnim prijetnjama i shodno tome pridonijelo zaštiti nacionalne sigurnosti.The main topic of this paper encompasses the phenomenon of hybrid threats and their possible impact on Croatian national security, in order to assess the vulnerability to such threats as well as the capabilities of Croatian national security system to successfully counter hybrid threats. This paper thus discusses and further specifies the key concepts such as a concept of national security and a concept of hybrid threats. Concept of national security includes a state of security and a system that needs to provide said state so that the interests and goals of one country are ensured, while concept of hybrid threats represents modus operandi of various actors in which they utilize those hybrid threats to damage others and subjugate them to their own will, destroying their national security in the process. Hybrid threats endanger Croatian national security all while Croatia lacks capabilities to effectively respond to those hybrid threats. Therefore, Croatia urgently needs to develop a strategy for countering hybrid threats which would build the necessary foundations for countering hybrid operations that would contribute to the overall protection of national security