Hybrid warfare was defined by Frank Hoffman in 2007 as the emerging simultaneous use of multiple types of warfare by flexible and sophisticated adversaries who understand that successful conflict requires a variety of forms designed to fit the goals at the time. [1] .

Apr 15, 2023 · Hybrid warfare describes a conflict in which non-kinetic (non-military) tactics are employed to complement military action. Countries can defend against hybrid assaults by employing strategic deterrence in the form of guaranteed military action alongside information, finance, and other hybrid tactics.

May 7, 2024 · The NATO-Ukraine Platform on Countering Hybrid Warfare was established at the NATO Summit in Warsaw in July 2016. It provides a mechanism to better identify hybrid threats and to build capacity in mitigating vulnerabilities and strengthening resilience of …

Nov 30, 2021 · To put it simply, hybrid warfare entails an interplay or fusion of conventional as well as unconventional instruments of power and tools of subversion. These instruments or tools are blended in a synchronised manner to exploit the vulnerabilities of an antagonist and achieve synergistic effects.

May 7, 2015 · The recent Russian intervention in Ukraine has generated much debate about the use and effectiveness of hybrid warfare, a type of warfare widely understood to blend conventional/unconventional, regular/irregular, and information and cyber warfare.

Nov 30, 2024 · Western intelligence agencies accuse Russia of increasingly engaging in hybrid warfare since invading Ukraine. What exactly constitutes hybrid warfare, and what's its intended goal?

Jan 16, 2025 · ‘Competition’, ‘hybrid warfare’, and ‘proxies’ – tentative definitions of ambiguous concepts. ... states that the Conventions “shall apply to all cases of declared war or of any other armed conflict which may arise between two or more of the High Contracting Parties, even if the state of war is not recognized by one of them”. ...

Feb 6, 2023 · Mysterious underwater explosions, anonymous cyber attacks and subtle online campaigns to undermine Western democracies - these are all "hybrid threats".

Jun 30, 2024 · Russia wants to confront NATO but dares not fight it on the battlefield – so it’s waging a hybrid war instead

We begin our study by proposing a history of hybrid warfare theory that pre-dates its drastic increase since 2014. By building on the history of the term we delineate the characteristics recognised by fellow scholars in the field and we propose the concept of …