Russian Hybrid Warfare: Not New, Well-Accomplished, and Limited in Scope
Journal: NATO science for peace and security series. Sub-series E, Human and societal dynamics
Year: 2016

Hybrid warfare is actually nothing new, despite the fact that observers were initially surprised at the coordinated and disciplined political-military approach that encompassed Russia's forays in Crimea in 2014. The year before, General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the Russian General Staff, noted in an article that, &amp;ldquo;Methods used in struggle are increasingly changing in favor of political, economic, information, humanitarian and other non-military means, including the use of the protest