How to Undermine a Nation-State in 120 Days: Mediation and Negotiation in a Hybrid Warfare World

Authors

Christopher A. Corpora

Abstract

The original and admittedly provocative title for this essay was "How to Take Down a State in 120 days" and the original November 2022, 20-minute presentation at Cardozo Law School was so titled. The intention behind the provocations was to demonstrate the speed of growing investment in and multi-disciplinary nature of the current hybrid war threat. We have not yet witnessed many state takedowns through this form of warfare; but we have seen states significantly undermined and captured in timelines almost as aggressive as the title suggests. We have seen authoritarian states and criminal organizations significantly weaken more vulnerable states, allowing for a much less destructive force to be used to impose the will of one country over its adversary, or for a subversive force within one country to take over.

Keywords

War, Globalization, Foreign Affairs, National Security, Rule of Law, Law and Society, Comparative and Foreign Law, Courts

Disciplines

Comparative and Foreign Law | Courts | Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | Law | Military, War, and Peace | National Security Law | Rule of Law

Recommended Citation

Christopher A. Corpora, How to Undermine a Nation-State in 120 Days: Mediation and Negotiation in a Hybrid Warfare World, 24 Cardozo J. Conflict Resol. 503 (2023).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjcr/vol24/iss3/4