How Should We Think about “Gray-Zone” Wars?
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Today’s so-called “gray-zone wars” are posing a conceptual problem for contemporary military strategists and campaign planners. Professor Antulio J. Echevarria II offers one solution to the problem, but it will require military and policy practitioners to embrace strategic thinking more deliberately.
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The 'hybrid warfare' concept has evolved into claims about contemporary wars that are not supported by strategic analysis and can be counterproductive to decision-making and strategic planning in the long term.
“Unfortunately, this has already happened with regards to the 'hybrid warfare' concept in the aftermath of Crimea.”
From Russia and ‘hybrid warfare’ (2016) · cites this paper as Echevarria 2015
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- Authors
- Echevarria, A. J.
- Corresponding author
- Echevarria, Antulio J.
- Venue
- Military Strategy Magazine
- Publisher
- The IJ Infinity Group, Ltd.
- Published
- 2015-11-30
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-1
- ISSN
- 2708-3071 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4412375222
- Cited by
- 0
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-sa
- Locations
- Military Strategy Magazine (publishedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Military History and Strategy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Military Strategy and Technology
- Keywords
- grey zone warfare, strategic thinking, military strategy, campaign planning, conceptual framework, military doctrine, national security policy
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