Russian Hybrid Warfare And The Annexation Of Crimea

Author : Kent DeBenedictis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780755640010

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Russian 'Hybrid Warfare' and the Annexation of Crimea by Kent DeBenedictis Pdf

Western academics, politicians, and military leaders alike have labelled Russia's actions in Crimea and its follow-on operations in Eastern Ukraine as a new form of “Hybrid Warfare.” In this book, Kent DeBenedictis argues that, despite these claims, the 2014 Crimean operation is more accurately to be seen as the Russian Federation's modern application of historic Soviet political warfare practices-the overt and covert informational, political, and military tools used to influence the actions of foreign governments and foreign populations. DeBenedictis links the use of Soviet practices, such as the use of propaganda, disinformation, front organizations, and forged political processes, in the Crimea in 2014 to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 (the “Prague Spring”) and the earliest stages of the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Through an in-depth case study analysis of these conflicts, featuring original interviews, government documents and Russian and Ukrainian sources, this book demonstrates that the operation, which inspired discussions about Russian “Hybrid Warfare,” is in fact the modern adaptation of Soviet political warfare tools and not the invention of a new type of warfare.

Author : U. S. Military,Department of Defense (DoD),U. S. Government
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-25
Category : Hybrid warfare
ISBN : 1520928238

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Essential Guide to Russian Hybrid Warfare by U. S. Military,Department of Defense (DoD),U. S. Government Pdf

With the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, hybrid war became a buzzword within political and academic circles. This study examines hybrid warfare applications using contemporary and historical examples. The analysis seeks to determine why a country was or was not successful in its execution of hybrid war, and it assesses the geopolitical context of cost, benefit, and risk for an aggressor state contributing to its decision to engage in hybrid warfare. The case studies selected include the 1923 German Communist Revolution, Germany's 1938 annexation of Austria, the 2008 Russia-Georgia War, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. In each case study, a state went on the offensive, deliberately choosing hybrid tactics to obtain an objective. Ultimately, the study objective strives to deepen our understanding of hybrid war, and to extrapolate how one seemingly minor hybrid event can be tied into a broader goal of an aggressor state in its interactions with a defender state. The analysis of the case studies suggests that the length of the conflict, local support, consolidated leadership, and the power balance between the two states involved have contributed to the success of state-sponsored hybrid war.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Information warfare
ISBN : 9517694547

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Russia's Hybrid War in Ukraine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher M. Ford,Winston S. Williams
Publisher : Lieber Studies
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190915360

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Complex Battlespaces by Christopher M. Ford,Winston S. Williams Pdf

"This workshop, Complex Battlespaces: The Law of Armed Conflict and the Dynamics of Modern Warfare, was held at West Point on October 24-26, 2016. It marked the official opening of the Lieber Institute." -- ECIP forword.

Author : Ofer Fridman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190934736

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Russian "Hybrid Warfare" by Ofer Fridman Pdf

During the last decade, 'Hybrid Warfare' has become a novel yet controversial term in academic, political and professional military lexicons, intended to suggest some sort of mix between different military and non-military means and methods of confrontation. Enthusiastic discussion of the notion has been undermined by conceptual vagueness and political manipulation, particularly since the onset of the Ukrainian Crisis in early 2014, as ideas about Hybrid Warfare engulf Russia and the West, especially in the media. Western defense and political specialists analyzing Russian responses to the crisis have been quick to confirm that Hybrid Warfare is the Kremlin's main strategy in the twenty-first century. But many respected Russian strategists and political observers contend that it is the West that has been waging Hybrid War, Gibridnaya Voyna, since the end of the Cold War. In this highly topical book, Ofer Fridman offers a clear delineation of the conceptual debates about Hybrid Warfare. What leads Russian experts to say that the West is conducting a Gibridnaya Voyna against Russia, and what do they mean by it? Why do Western observers claim that the Kremlin engages in Hybrid Warfare? And, beyond terminology, is this something genuinely new?

Author : Karolina WIERCZYŃSKA
Publisher : Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9788373839014

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The Case of Crimea’s Annexation Under International Law by Karolina WIERCZYŃSKA Pdf

This book addresses issues connected with Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea that are both of key current relevance and crucial from the point of view of both international law and international relations. It not only offers a comprehensive elaboration of the subject, but also presents it from the points of view of states directly engaged in the conflict. For the authors in this book include researchers from many European countries, albeit first and foremost from both Ukraine and Russia. In this way the collected work represents a contribution of undoubted value where the ongoing international debate on the Crimean annexation is concerned. From the review by Prof. Anna Wyrozumska This book offers an interesting, holistic and competent contribution to legal analysis surrounding Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the consequences thereof and the responsibility in international law therefor. It is characterised by a high level of legal analysis by a competent international team of authors led by Polish experts on the subject, whose painstaking selection of co-authors has allowed for an airing of both Ukrainian and Russian standpoints. From the review by Prof. Jerzy Kranz Książka stanowi wspólne przedsięwzięcie Wydawnictwa Naukowego Scholar i Centrum Polsko-Rosyjskiego Dialogu i Porozumienia http://cprdip.pl/ Book published in co-edition with The Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding http://cprdip.pl/

Author : U. S. Military,Department of Defense (DoD),U. S. Government
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-23
Category : Hybrid warfare
ISBN : 1520907028

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Wrestling the Bear by U. S. Military,Department of Defense (DoD),U. S. Government Pdf

Carl Von Clausewitz defined war as: "an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will". To that end, the Russian government has waged two major military campaigns since 1991: the invasion of the Republic of Georgia (2008) and the annexation of Crimea from the Ukraine (2014). Russia also conducted numerous other military operations, employing unconventional warfare, irregular warfare and hybrid warfare. Russia has advanced the use of hybrid warfare in achieving Russian strategic military objectives, particularly in the near abroad - the former Cold War Soviet states, primarily through conducting offensive military operations in sovereign nations just below the threshold of international military response. Hybrid warfare is not currently defined in US Joint Doctrine, however the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) describes it as: "combining conventional, irregular, and asymmetric means, to include the persistent manipulation of political and ideological conflict, and (Hybrid warfare) involves a state or state-like actor's use of all available diplomatic, informational, military, and economic means to destabilize an adversary". An analysis of the Russian political environment, economic considerations, and select military operations since 1991, with a sharp focus on Vladimir Putin's strategic leadership, highlights the evolution of the Russian brand of hybrid warfare (HW). The analysis also articulates the current and future implications for the United States and NATO, which struggle to counter regional Russian aggression. Finally, this thesis contends that the US and NATO are unprepared, unwilling, and unable to counter the current threat that Russian hybrid warfare poses, primarily due to a lack of unity of action, common understanding, and a cohesive strategy. CHAPTER 1: Introduction - After the Cold War * Methodology * CHAPTER 2: Conceptualization of Unconventional Warfare * Unconventional * Center of Gravity (COG) * Irregular * Hezbollah 2006 * CHAPTER 3: Russian Politics and Economic Dynamics since 1991 * Political Environment since 1991 * Enter Vladimir Putin * CHAPTER 4: Evolution of Russian Hybrid Warfare * Estonia 2007 * Republic of Georgia 2008 * The Ukraine 2014: The Overt, Covert Campaign * MH17 * CHAPTER 5: Countering the Hybrid Threat * Overview of NATO * US and NATO response in the Ukraine * US Leadership in NATO * CHAPTER 6: Synthesis * Conclusion * Hybrid Solutions

Author : Mitchell A. Orenstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190936167

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The Lands in Between by Mitchell A. Orenstein Pdf

Russia's stealth invasion of Ukraine and its assault on the US elections in 2016 forced a reluctant West to grapple with the effects of hybrid war. While most citizens in the West are new to the problems of election hacking, state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, influence operations by foreign security services, and frozen conflicts, citizens of the frontline states between Russia and the European Union have been dealing with these issues for years. The Lands in Between: Russia vs. the West and the New Politics of Russia's Hybrid War contends that these "lands in between" hold powerful lessons for Western countries. For Western politics is becoming increasingly similar to the lands in between, where hybrid warfare has polarized parties and voters into two camps: those who support a Western vision of liberal democracy and those who support a Russian vision of nationalist authoritarianism. Paradoxically, while politics increasingly boils down to a zero sum "civilizational choice" between Russia and the West, those who rise to the pinnacle of the political system in the lands in between are often non-ideological power brokers who have found a way to profit from both sides, taking rewards from both Russia and the West. Increasingly, the political pathologies of these small, vulnerable, and backwards states in Europe are our problems too. In this deepening conflict, we are all lands in between.

Author : Agnia Grigas
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300220766

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Beyond Crimea by Agnia Grigas Pdf

How will Russia redraw post-Soviet borders? In the wake of recent Russian expansionism, political risk expert Agnia Grigas illustrates how—for more than two decades—Moscow has consistently used its compatriots in bordering nations for its territorial ambitions. Demonstrating how this policy has been implemented in Ukraine and Georgia, Grigas provides cutting-edge analysis of the nature of Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy and compatriot protection to warn that Moldova, Kazakhstan, the Baltic States, and others are also at risk.

Author : Colby Howard,Ruslan Pukhov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1879944650

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Brothers Armed by Colby Howard,Ruslan Pukhov Pdf

Author : Sándor Fabian
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 150849052X

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Irregular Warfare the Future Military Strategy for Small States by Sándor Fabian Pdf

A thought provoking essay on the possible implications of irregular warfare in national military strategy.

Author : Oscar Jonsson
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626167346

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The Russian Understanding of War by Oscar Jonsson Pdf

This book analyzes the evolution of Russian military thought and how Russia's current thinking about war is reflected in recent crises. While other books describe current Russian practice, Oscar Jonsson provides the long view to show how Russian military strategic thinking has developed from the Bolshevik Revolution to the present. He closely examines Russian primary sources including security doctrines and the writings and statements of Russian military theorists and political elites. What Jonsson reveals is that Russia's conception of the very nature of war is now changing, as Russian elites see information warfare and political subversion as the most important ways to conduct contemporary war. Since information warfare and political subversion are below the traditional threshold of armed violence, this has blurred the boundaries between war and peace. Jonsson also finds that Russian leaders have, particularly since 2011/12, considered themselves to be at war with the United States and its allies, albeit with non-violent means. This book provides much needed context and analysis to be able to understand recent Russian interventions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, how to deter Russia on the eastern borders of NATO, and how the West must also learn to avoid inadvertent escalation.

Author : Sergey Sayapin,Evhen Tsybulenko
Publisher : T.M.C. Asser Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 946265221X

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The Use of Force against Ukraine and International Law by Sergey Sayapin,Evhen Tsybulenko Pdf

Written by a team of international lawyers from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, this book analyses some of the most significant aspects of the ongoing armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. As challenging as this conflict is for the international legal order, it also offers lessons to be learned by the States concerned, and by other States alike. The book analyses the application of international law in this conflict, and suggests ways for this law’s progressive development. It will be useful to practitioners of international law working at national Ministries of Defence, Justice, and Foreign Affairs, as well as in Parliaments, to lawyers of international organizations, and to national and international judges dealing with matters of public international law, international humanitarian law and criminal law. It will also be of interest to scholars and students of international law, and to historians of international relations. Sergey Sayapin is Assistant Professor in International and Criminal Law at the School of Law of the KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Evhen Tsybulenko is Professor of Law at the Department of Law of the Tallinn University of Technology in Tallinn, Estonia.

Author : N. Iancu,A. Fortuna,C. Barna
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614996514

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Countering Hybrid Threats: Lessons Learned from Ukraine by N. Iancu,A. Fortuna,C. Barna Pdf

The Ukrainian conflict has come to be considered as the most serious geopolitical crisis in Central and Eastern Europe since the end of the Cold War. Its implications extend well beyond the borders of Ukraine, and its impact on the security of the wider Black Sea region is, as yet, neither contained nor fully understood. This book contains 28 articles on the topic of hybrid warfare and related threats, delivered at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) 'Countering Hybrid Threats: Lessons Learned from Ukraine', held in Bucharest, Romania, in September 2015. This event brought together 50 experts from different fields and perspectives, including policymakers, security and intelligence practitioners, and academics. The presentations explored the nature of the Ukrainian conflict and the dynamic evolution of current security threats in Central and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region with the aim of identifying the key drivers of the conflict and exploring the most efficient instruments and methods for conflict resolution. The book is divided into four sections entitled: challenges of hybrid warfare: multiple perspectives; hybrid war – an old concept with an extensive dimension; counteracting hybrid threats: lessons learned from Ukraine; and finally, the implications of the Ukrainian conflict for regional and Euro-Atlantic security. The book provides a timely reflection on recent events and will be of interest to all those wishing to improve their understanding of hybrid warfare and conflict resolution.

Author : Elias Götz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351706117

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Russia, the West, and the Ukraine Crisis by Elias Götz Pdf

This book examines the causes and consequences of the Ukraine crisis, with a special focus on Russia’s relations with the West. Towards that end, it brings together international relations scholars and area specialists. Issues covered include: the evolution of EU–Russia and US–Russia relations, the role of strategic culture and ontological insecurities in the formation of Russian foreign policy, the role of hybrid warfare in Russian military policy, the geopolitical drivers of Russia’s Ukraine policy, and a discussion of the decision-making dynamics that led to Russia’s intervention in eastern Ukraine. The contributors employ different theoretical approaches and offer partly complementary and partly competing analyses. In so doing, this book seeks to stimulate dialogue between different positions and advance our understanding of a topic that will shape the European security order for many years to come. This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Politics.