Hybrid Warriors: Transforming Czech Security through the 'Russian Hybrid Warfare' Assemblage
Journal: Czech Sociological Review
Year: 2018

This article analyses the ascent of 'Russian hybrid warfare' (RHW) as a notion that transformed the understanding of national security in the Czech Republic in the short period of 2014-2016. It argues that the emergence of RHW as a specifically understood prime security threat was the result of contingent and often unruly social interactions across different settings, rather than a linear and centralised response to Russia's actions. To capture this process, the concept of 'assemblage' is introd