Asymmetricity in national security threats

Abstract

Asymmetric relations are emerging as an increasingly important element of the analysis of threats to national security. Most often, the term “asymmetry” is used to describe the relationship between incomparable in power and status opponents. The asymmetry is generally associated with the paradoxical nature of the relationship in which the weaker opponent is in a position to inflict serious losses or even impose its will on a – strong and even more powerful it is not always to assert its interests and to subordinate more the weak opponent. Probably not exhaustive, due to the vastness of the topic and numerous sources, in this paper I will try to consider and analyze at least some of the manifestations of “asymmetry in modern conflicts” and links with terrorism, national security and the most recent conflicts in recent years.