HYBRID APPROACHES TO THE UKRAINE CRISIS
HYBRID APPROACHES TO THE UKRAINE CRISIS

Summary/Abstract: Since the beginning of the Ukrainian conflict, a new buzzword has dominated the international security debate: “hybrid warfare”. But in spite of the recent hype about this topic, the idea of using unconventional means and actors in conflict is not new. In fact, it is in many ways as old as warfare itself. In a recent speech, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated that “… the first hybrid warfare we know of might be the Tojan Horse, so we have seen it before”. But what we may not have seen before in warfare is the scale of use and exploitation of old tools that we have recognised from before are now put together and used in new ways. According to NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander (SACEUR) Philip M. Breedlove, “… new things are how these tools that we have recognised from before are now put together and used in new ways to bring new kinds of pressure…”

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