This open access anthology takes a holistic approach to how Russia carries out hybrid warfare against its neighbouring countries - states at the intersection between the East and West.
The book addresses the vulnerabilities of these countries to Russian influence and hybrid warfare tactics, as well as their responses to this security challenge. It includes a close examination of local developments in states such as Ukraine, Belarus, Finland, Armenia, Serbia and many others, analysing specific scenarios and practices, and draws on these observations to develop the current conceptual understanding of hybrid warfare as a phenomenon. Scholarship frequently focuses only on Russia and treats countries subjected to Russian hybrid measures as passive victims, thus providing an overly schematic picture of Russian behaviour. This book instead treats these states as actors in their own right, assessing their potential to address and counter the specific security problems arising from their geographic and political position.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
1. Introduction - Dr Niklas Nilsson & Dr Mikael Weissmann, Swedish Defence University, Sweden
2. The Baltic states - Dr Janis Berzins, Director at the Center for Security and Strategic Research, National Defence Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
3. Finland - Dr Sinikukka Saari, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), Helsinki, Finland
4. Ukraine - Dr Hanna Shelest, Director of Security Programmes at Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” and Editor-in-Chief at U.A.: Ukraine Analytica, Ukraine
5. Belarus- U.S. Author
6. Moldova and Transnistria - Dr Johan Engvall, Deputy Research Director, Russia and Eurasia Studies programme (RUFS), Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden
7. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh - Dr Niklas Nilsson, Senior Lecturer of War Studies and co-convenor of the Hybrid Warfare Research Group (HWRG), Swedish Defence University, Sweden.
8. Montenegro - Dr Mikel Weissmann, Head of Research / Deputy Head, Land Operations Section, Swedish Defence University; Associate Professor in War studies and co-convenor of the Hybrid Warfare Research Group (HWRG).
9. Georgia - Shota Utiashvili, Senior Fellow, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS), Tbilisi, Georgia
10. Serbia/Western Balkans - U.S. Author
11. Conclusion: Russian Hybrid Warfare and Influence in Small States - Mikael Weissmann & Niklas Nilsson, Swedish Defence University
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