HYBRID WARS: THE 21st-CENTURY’S NEW THREATS TO GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY
Journal: Scientia Militaria South African Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2015

This article discusses a new form of war, â€˜hybrid warâ€™, with inclusion of aspects of â€˜cyber-terrorismâ€™ and â€˜cyber-warâ€™ against the backdrop of Russiaâ€™s â€˜Ukrainian Springâ€™ and the continuing threat posed by radical Islamist groups in Africa and the Middle East. It also discusses the findings of an on-going hybrid threat project by the Swedish Defence College. This interdisciplinary article predicts that military doctrines, traditional approaches to war and peace and their percep