Countering gray-zone hybrid threats : an analysis of Russia's 'new generation warfare' and implications for the US Army / by John Chambers.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Chambers, John, author.

Contributor:

Modern War Institute (United States Military Academy), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russia (Federation)--Military policy.

Russia (Federation).

Asymmetric warfare.

Irregular warfare.

Strategy--Case studies.

Strategy.

Military policy.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (57 pages) : color illustration, color maps

Other Title:

Analysis of Russia's 'new generation warfare' and implications for the US Army

Analysis of Russia's 'new generation warfare' and implications for the United States Army

Place of Publication:

[West Point, N.Y.] : Modern War Institute at West Point, 2016.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

The gray zone is an operating environment in which aggressors use ambiguity and leverage non-attribution to achieve strategic objectives while limiting counter-actions by other nation states. Inside the gray zone, aggressors use hybrid tactics to achieve their strategic objectives. While hybrid threats have historically been associated with irregular and conventional warfare, their use in the gray zone leads to a dichotomy between two types of hybrid threats that can mainly be attributed to the need for ambiguity and non-attribution in the gray zone. The two types of hybrid threats are "open-warfare hybrid threats" and "gray-zone hybrid threats." A case in point is Russia's military actions in eastern Ukraine, part of what the Kremlin calls its "New Generation Warfare." In this MWI report, Captain John Chambers draws on this case study to recommend ways the US Army can improve its capacity to counter ongoing as well as future gray-zone hybrid threats.

Contents:

Abstract.

I. Executive summary.

II. Describing hybrid threats and the gray zone.

Contemporary view of hybrid threats.

The spectrum of conflict: hybrid threats vs. the gray zone.

Characteristics of contemporary hybrid threats.

Gray-zone hybrid threats.

Open-warfare hybrid threats.

Findings and recommendations.

III. Identifying and adapting to challenges posed by gray-zone hybrid threats due to laws, norms, and processes.

Challenges posed by gray-zone hybrid threats.

Russia's "new generation warfare" vs. US doctrine.

IV. Improving US army capacity to counter gray-zone hybrid threats.

Identifying and understanding the threat.

Reducing risk.

V. Summary: the future of hybrid threats.

Appendices.

Bibliography.

Notes:

"October 18, 2016."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-57).

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (USMA, viewed October 27, 2020).

OCLC:

961912888