NON-LINEAR WARFARE VS. HYBRID WARFARE
NON-LINEAR WARFARE VS. HYBRID WARFARE

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to bring the concept of “hybrid warfare” into focus by interpreting some of its defining elements from the perspective of the Russian armed forces. The fact that this term is used differently in Russia than it is used in the West should bring about insightful debates. We can understand our opponent by analysing them through their concepts and not through certain terms that sound all-encompassing and intriguing for us. More importantly, this kind of warfare is given certain meanings that have nothing to do with Russian military thinking on this subject. The “little green man”, besides winning in a first conflict, the purely military one, in the Crimea, is about to win the ideological one, because most military actions today have a “hybrid” feature. The defining elements of the Russian concept are interpreted and exemplified so that the well-informed reader should understand the difference and the essence of the concept.

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