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Information itself in a much broader sense is the weapon. Some bad news come every day forming public opinion and raising fear. Democracies around the world face rising levels of disinformation. Can we be defeated before the conventional war even started? Collective memory recalls some devastating informational attacks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Nowadays politics recognize threats to our public matters and democratic political system. In such an environment states face a decline of trust in democratic institutions. Trust in government and parliament is at a record low. Aggressors understand the importance of an approach that seeks to influence the population of target countries through information operations, proxy groups, and other influence ways. The potential for a democratic process to overcome pervasive foreign manipulation must be supported by international law. The paper overviews key challenges in international law describing informational war. The paper observes some changes in doctrine and strategies to deal with this challenge. The present work aims to help understand information war within the context of hybrid warfare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increased military threat brings anxiety and heightened sensitivity to the use of the term. Therefore, „hybridity" has become a much-debated concept these days. War is a state when one goes beyond the limits of coexistence with one's neighbours, where the human mind and the greatest cruelty are manifested to win. Therefore, regulating such relations has always been a big challenge. Modern hybrid warfare is new in that it challenges the established order since World War II, the US leadership in establishing global order. It is a challenge to the dominance of military power and scientific thought of Western civilization. New military powers are emerging that, unable to challenge the United States directly, seek to compete for dominance in their region or the world through other means. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]