HOW COULD NATO AND RUSSIA CO-EXIST IN THE TIME OF THE INFORMATION AND "HYBRID" WARS?
In this article, the constructivist approach to international relations involving the terms and categories of the concept ‘securitization’ is used to analyze the current confrontation between Russia and NATO described as ‘grey zone of conflict’. The purpose of the paper is to investigate usage by the actors of the terms «information» and «hybrid» wars on the basis of content and quantitative analysis of Russian and NATO official papers in the field of security. By comparing the academic discourse and military analytical data the paper clarifies the differences in interpreting the concepts of ‘information warfare’ and ‘hybrid warfare’ in Russian and NATO discourse and suggests perspectives on using the concepts by both actors in deterring global security crisis.