Countering Hybrid Warfare. The Need for a Comprehensive Approach
Journal: NATO science for peace and security series. Sub-series E, Human and societal dynamics
Year: 2016

Hybrid warfare is not new: I am sure that the events in Ukraine in March 2014 and how they developed leading to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea were of no surprise to intelligence and security experts. However, the employment of hybrid warfare by Russia against Ukraine last year, as well as its manifestation in other forms as put forward by terrorist organizations like ISIL/Daesh across the Middle East, raises a number of issues when it comes to countering it, especially in an Allied setti