Hybrid War and Its Countermeasures: A Critique of the Literature

Robert Johnson

Small Wars and Insurgencies, 2018, vol. 29, issue 1, 141-163

Abstract: This article examines critically the literature of hybrid war and evaluates the countermeasures often proposed. It explains the concept of hybrid warfare and its varied interpretations, illustrating how it is a manifestation of current anxieties in armed conflict. The selection of the literature is based on works that are referenced, that offer a scientific approach, and which review either the phenomenon of hybrid warfare or its countermeasures empirically. Unscientific works have been omitted. The analysis of the literature presented here shows that the antidotes to ‘hybridity’ lie not in the operational or tactical sphere but in strategic and political domains.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2018.1404770

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