Vol. 13 No. 1 (2025)
Journal Space and Culture, India: Asia Pacific Region

Editorials

Adaptation of State Security to Modern Military Operations and Terrorist Risks in the World

Published 2025-06-23

  • Karlis Ketners

Karlis Ketners
Partnership Professor, Faculty of Bioeconomy Development, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania

Abstract

Military conflicts and terrorism are increasingly overlapping, creating complex threats that undermine both global and national security. Hostilities, terrorist attacks, cyberattacks, and radicalisation on the home front necessitate a rethinking of the functions of state security. The editorial analyses the ability of state security systems to adapt to the challenges of modern warfare and international terrorism. The relevance of the study is due to the aggravation of interstate conflicts— first of all, Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine and terrorism in the world. The goal is to comparatively assess the strategies of governments for prevention, response and long-term recovery in the face of threats, as well as to develop recommendations for improving institutional resilience. The methodology is based on an interdisciplinary approach that combines the analysis of national security doctrines, counterterrorism legislation, and indicators of institutional capacity in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Türkiye. The theoretical significance of the work lies in the conceptualisation of “adaptive security” as a complex state process, and the practical value lies in the proposed recommendations for updating doctrines, crisis management procedures and interagency coordination.

Keywords

State Security, Modern Warfare, Terrorism, Hybrid Warfare, Cybersecurity, Asia-Pacific

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Author Biography

Karlis Ketners

Karlis Ketners is a professor at the Faculty of Bioeconomy Development, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania. Dr Karlis Ketners from 2022 is a Corresponding member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (Economics). His research findings have been published in several peer-reviewed articles in journals and conference proceedings presented at numerous scientific conferences. From 1995, published more than 155 scientific publications in the public sector economics and administration field, 31 articles in professional journals.

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