When all you have is a hammer: lessons from the americas on securitizing state responses to hybrid threats [Elektronski vir]=Ko imaš le kladivo: izkušnje iz amerike glede sekuritizacije državnih odzivov na hibridne grožnje / Mark D. Hamilton, Marcio Adriano Anselmo Ko imaš le kladivo: izkušnje iz amerike glede sekuritizacije državnih odzivov na hibridne grožnje This article engages linkages between institutional weakness, corruption, and criminality in the Americas, with a focus on an increasing dependence on military actors for everyday governance. It provides lessons learned from the Latin America region on how, in a time of upheaval, many things are being weaponized and militarized (hybrid warfare) to provide security. It examines the concept of ‘multidimensional security’, coined by the Organization of American States (OAS) just over twenty years ago, against a backdrop of significant regional violence and institutional weaknesses. It identifies issues with the norm of civilian control of armed forces – a healthy byproduct of democratization in the post-Cold War era – which has catalysed a largely unforeseen governance risk: political leaders’ temptation to leverage military capacities to score quick ‘wins’ often come at the cost of other state sectors’ maturation, the politicization of armed forces, and potentially even citizen confidence in democratic ideals. The article concludes with a series of recommendations an lessons learned on Latin America’s multidimensional security concept for European nations, particular smaller states, on how to deal with contemporary hybrid threats. Članek analizira povezave med institucionalno šibkostjo, korupcijo in kriminalom v Latinski Ameriki ter naraščajočo odvisnostjo od vojaških akterjev pri vsakdanjem upravljanju v tej regiji. Izkušnje Latinske Amerike, kjer so v času pretresov varnostni ukrepi pogosto militarizirani in uporabljeni kot orodje hibridne vojne, aplicira na izzive EU. Obravnava koncept »večdimenzionalne varnosti« Organizacije ameriških držav, ki je nastal pred dvajsetimi leti zaradi regionalnega nasilja in šibkih institucij. Poudarja izzive civilnega nadzora nad oboroženimi silami, tveganja politizacije in izkoriščanja vojaških zmogljivosti za hitre »zmage«. Članek sklene s priporočili, kako lahko evropske države, predvsem manjše, ravnajo ob sodobnih hibridnih grožnjah. hibrid threats hibrid warfare multidimensional security hibridne grožnje hibridna vojna večdimenzionalna varnost true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-06-22 08:47:38 2026-06-22 08:47:38 2026-06-22 08:47:42 2025 79-93 št. 4 27 2025 355.02:355/359(8) 2463-9575 282390019 https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/cmc-2025-0036 https://dk.mors.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=1616 RAZ_Hamilton_Mark_D._i2025.pdf RAZ_Hamilton_Mark_D._i2025.pdf Publikacije MORS