Hybrid Warfare – Enemies at a Loss?
Hybrid warfare – this is a combination of covert and overt operations, of political and economic measures, of information operations and propaganda, of subversion and cyber attacks, and even military assistance and the covert deployment of special forces.
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Hybrid Attacks Demand Comprehensive Defense
Bastian Giegerich
Defense against hybrid threats is a task for society as a whole.
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Hybrid Wars. The Dissolution of the Binary Order of War and Peace, and Its Consequences
Herfried Münkler
“Hybrid war” cannot sufficiently explain the complexity of current conflicts.
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"Hybrid Warfare" – A Possible Trigger for Advances in the Comprehensive Approach?
Fouzieh Melanie Alamir
New forms of combat require appropriate security policy concepts from the EU and NATO.
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From Hybrid Threats to Hybrid Security Policy
Christian Mölling
A strategy of deterrence, defense and resilience prevents escalations.
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Just Peacemaking and Hybrid Wars
Drew Christiansen, S.J.
Peace work opens up new opportunities in current crises.
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Old Wars, New Rules – The Impacts of Hybrid Warfare on Women
Karin Nordmeyer
Violence against women is becoming a tactical weapon in hybrid wars.
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Myths of Hybrid Warfare
Mary Ellen O' Connell
Only international law can achieve lasting peace.
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"Hybrid Warfare" and the Continuing Relevance of the Just War Tradition in the 21st Century
David Whetham
The criteria of the “just war” safeguard the rule of law and democratic values.
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Democratic freedoms favor propaganda attacks.
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Hybrid War – A Global Crisis Close to Home
IS terror, refugees, the Ukraine conflict – for almost a year now, the German defense ministry in Berlin has been saying: “hybrid warfare will be the key issue in the future of the Alliance.” Humanitarian disaster, civil war, armed conflict – just how far away is Germany from all of this? The rules of war have changed.
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Extremist groups are financed in dark ways via billions of euros from people smuggling – a military deacon outlines his impressions.
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Does the Training of Peshmerga Forces Help Against Hybrid Warfare?
An interview with Jan Heymann by Gertrud Maria Vaske
According to the Bundeswehr, their activities in northern Iraq are purely a training mission in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization.
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Sea Rescue in the Mediterranean and Hybrid Warfare
Andreas-Martin Seidl
The soldier’s commitment to the values of the German Basic Law must not change, even in light of the refugee rescue operation – a commander’s thoughts.
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Refugee Movements as a Consequence of Hybrid Wars
Elke Tießler-Marenda
Hybrid conflicts increase the potential dangers for the civilian population and force them to flee. Integration becomes all the more important.
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Hybrid conflict scenarios increase the likelihood of a clash with unbridled fanaticism – a major general’s reflections.
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