COMBINING POLITICAL AND MILITARY CONSIDERATIONS IN ASSESSING MILITARY CONFLICTS

In: The journal of Slavic military studies, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 46-54

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT KEEPING TO THE TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE POST COLD WAR WORLD IS NEITHER POSSIBLE, NOR RELEVANT. IT EXAMINES SOME SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHANGED MILITARY-POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT. THE MILITARY-POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE BALKANS IS SUCH THAT BULGARIA MIGHT GET INVOLVED IN A MILITARY CONFLICT EVEN BECAUSE OF A "SPILL" OF CRISES IN COUNTRIES AND SUBREGIONS CLOSE TO ITS BOUNDARIES. TO BE PREPARED IN THIS CASE MEANS TO BE PREPARED FOR THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF CONFLICTS.