Counter-disinformation Changing character of warCyber operationsGreat power competitionHybrid warfareISIL – Middle EastInformation warfareIrregular warfareNATO doctrineRussia – CrimeaSecurity strategyWestern responses to hybrid threats
Places
Estonia – cyberattacks (2007)CrimeaUkraine – Russian “little green men” (2014)Syria – hybrid tactics in civil warSouth China Sea – Chinese maritime coercionMiddle East (Iraq/Syria) – ISIL operations
People
Chinese maritime militiaISIL leadersGroups: Russian “little green menIndividuals: Vladimir PutinNATO” ISIL
Time
Understanding Hybrid Warfare: Great Power Competition and Conflict in the New Era is set in and about the early 21st centuryfocusing on conflicts and strategic competition from roughly 2007 through the mid 2020s. It is written to lay the foundation for conflict over the next 30 years.