Hybrid warfare : security and asymmetric conflict in international relations / edited by Mikael Weissmann, Niklas Nilsson, Per Thunholm and Björn Palmertz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weissmann, Mikael, editor.

Nilsson, Niklas, editor.

Palmertz, Björn, editor.

Thunholm, Per, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hybrid warfare.

Asymmetric warfare.

Irregular warfare.

Physical Description:

x, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2021.

Summary:

Hybrid Warfare refers to a military strategy that blends conventional warfare, so-called 'irregular warfare' and cyber-attacks with other influencing methods, such as fake news, diplomacy and foreign political intervention. As Hybrid Warfare becomes increasingly commonplace, there is an imminent need for research bringing attention to how these challenges can be addressed in order to develop a comprehensive approach towards Hybrid Threats and Hybrid Warfare. This volume supports the development of such an approach by bringing together practitioners and scholarly perspectives on the topic and by covering the threats themselves, as well as the tools and means to counter them, together with a number of real-world case studies. The book covers numerous aspects of current Hybrid Warfare discourses including a discussion of the perspectives of key western actors such as NATO, the US and the EU; an analysis of Russia and China's Hybrid Warfare capabilities; and the growing threat of cyberwarfare. A range of global case studies - featuring specific examples from the Baltics, Taiwan, Ukraine, Iran and Catalonia - are drawn upon to demonstrate the employment of Hybrid Warfare tactics and how they have been countered in practice. Finally, the editors propose a new method through which to understand the dynamics of Hybrid Threats, Warfare and their countermeasures, termed the 'Hybridity Blizzard Model'. With a focus on practitioner insight and practicable International Relations theory, this volume is an essential guide to identifying, analysing and countering Hybrid Threats and Warfare. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Security challenges in the grey zone: Hybrid threats and hybrid warfare / Henrik Haggstrom

pt. I The view of practitioners

2. NATO and hybrid warfare: Seeking a concept to describe the challenge from Russia / G. Alexander Crowther

3. An American view: Hybrid threats and intelligence / Gregory F. Treverton

4. A perspective on EU hybrid threat early warning efforts / Patrick Cullen

pt. II Tools and means

5. Conceptualizing and countering hybrid threats and hybrid warfare: The role of the military in the grey zone / Mikael Weissmann

6. Understanding Russian thinking on gibridnaya voyna / Markus Goransson

7. China and its hybrid warfare spectrum / Lora Saalman

8. Influence operations and the modern information environment / Bjorn Palmertz

9. Hybrid threats and new challenges for multilateral intelligence Cooperation / Henrik Haggstrom

10. Cyber warfare and the internet: The implications of a more digitalized world / Anna Djup

pt. III Cases

11. The US and hybrid challenges: Past, present and future / Jed Willard

12. China's political warfare in Taiwan: Strategies, methods and global implications / Michael Raska

13. Hybrid warfare in the Baltics / Dorthe Bach Nyemann

14. De-hybridization and conflict narration: Ukraine's defence against Russian hybrid warfare / Niklas Nilsson

15. Iran's hybrid warfare capabilities / Rouzbeh Parsi

16. Information influencing in the Catalan illegal referendum and beyond / Ruben Arcos

pt. IV Conclusions

17. Moving out of the blizzard: Towards a comprehensive approach to hybrid threats and hybrid warfare / Bjorn Palmertz.

Notes:

Open access version available.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781788317115

1788317114

9781788319621

1788319621

OCLC:

1242749559