Hybrid War as a War on Governance / ISN | Report Says Russia Likely Funded Hackers That Targeted NATO, U.S. Gov’t: ‘Significant International Security Implications’
Hybrid War as a War on Governance / ISN - By Mark Galeotti and Octavian Manea for Small Wars Journal : This interview was originally published by the Small Wars Journal on 19 August 2015. As Clausewitz emphasized, we first need to understand exactly the nature of the war/threat that we are confronted with. What are the core features of this Russian approach on hybrid warfare? The key thing is to realize the extent to which we all need to return to the essential – almost Clausewitzian – notion of war. In this context, war is a political instrument... Russia is ahead of the curve in global organized crime, where you have a political-criminal-business elite, that is not formed by Tony Soprano-like figures, but from businessmen who have a portfolio of interests that ranges from the essentially legitimate through to the grey and then wholly illegal activities. The boundaries between organized crime, intelligence operations, state-operations have become increasingly unclear...