“Mosaic Defence:” Iran’s Hybrid Warfare in Syria 2011–2016
“Mosaic Defence:” Iran’s Hybrid Warfare in Syria 2011–2016
Author(s): Marcin Andrzej PiotrowskiSubject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Hybrid War; Iran;
Summary/Abstract: Iran has developed an indigenous concept of hybrid warfare known as “mosaic defence” and used for saving the allied regime in Syria. Despite Tehran’s unique regime and ideology, during the Syrian civil war Iran also demonstrated a broad spectrum of instruments for hybrid warfare: military, paramilitary, socio-cultural and religious, as well as information and cyberwarfare
Journal: The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs
- Issue Year: 26/2017
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 18-67
- Page Count: 50
- Language: English