Application of Innovative Systems for Achieving Compliance in Countering Hybrid Threats

Abstract

The main goal of this article is to draw attention to and contribute to the discussion on the new challenges facing the countering of the financing of hybrid threats. The research problem cuts across three study and policy areas: national security, legal codification and Artificial Intelligence. A serious theoretical conflict regarding the concept of hybrid warfare is identified and an attempt is made to demonstrate the seriousness of the risk of funding hybrid threats by global actors. The focus of the study is the economic aspects of hybrid warfare, related to the threat of covert financing of hybrid operations, and accordingly a possible model with innovative financial technologies for risk management. A short but comprehensive overview of the current legal regulations providing possible guidelines for legislative changes and technological solutions in this area has been made. On the basis of an interdisciplinary systematic analysis, including a presentation of technical parameters of innovation systems with Artificial Intelligence elements (AIE) and an overview of European and American practices and regulations, gaps in the current regulations in Bulgaria are identified and some conclusions are made about this aspect of the country’s security.

JEL: F15, F17, C33