The ideological and information-ideological foundations of hybrid warfare are of crucial im-
            
            
              portance.
            
            
              The strategy of export of democratic revolutions and hybrid warfare cannot be realized without
            
            
              threats or use of hard power. At all times, ideas supported by power invariably prevailed; those
            
            
              of the armed prophets won who could draw force to their side to realize their ideas. Today, real
            
            
              hard power has not lost its importance; it remains the key resource of any state willing to confirm
            
            
              its geopolitical status and influence in the world. This has become even more obvious in the last
            
            
              few decades when the factor of hard power is gaining momentum in new forms and new man-
            
            
              ifestations.
            
            
              The wars unleashed by the West, the Arab Spring and color revolutions have changed the geopo-
            
            
              litical picture of both regions, parts of Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus beyond
            
            
              recognition.
            
            
              
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