Özet:

Thro the history of mankind, fields of struggle for political, military, political, economic and other reasons have formed. These fields of struggle have sometimes turned into wars. The development of technology and globalization has also led to the change of the actors and methods fighting. In particular, after the Second World War, the security environment where the states served as the main actors was multi-actors (military units, terrorist elements, foreign fighters, organized criminal organizations, etc.Less expensive and desirable result in less time, the foolish, hybrid war environment left. The aim of this study is to examine the impact of the hybrid war phenomenon on the cooperation between the European Union (EU) and NATO. In this scope, the study first explained the hybrid war phenomenon, then the historical background, the changes brought by the hybrid war, the hybrid war and the examples of Russia were described. In the follow-up section, the AB’s response to hybrid threats was examined. It was then examined in which areas of activity the cooperation was increased. In the follow-up evaluation section, the reports published by NATO and the EU in the field of cooperation, the documents were reviewed, the findings were evaluated in the result section. According to the study, in the developing hybrid war environment, NATO and the EU are not an alternative to each other, but rather complementary, and with its hard power that NATO can use against threats, the EU is in the forefront with its more soft power.

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