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2016

Complex conflicts

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Complexity In Modern War: Examining Hybrid War And Future U.S. Security Challenges, Joseph Dvorak Jan 2016

Complexity In Modern War: Examining Hybrid War And Future U.S. Security Challenges, Joseph Dvorak

MSU Graduate Theses

Hybrid warfare is a recently formed concept that focuses on the complexity of modern conflicts and those in the future. After the Russian Federation annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, US and Western analysts started using the term hybrid warfare to describe Moscow's strategy. Analysts and policymakers are starting to consider the approach and direction in Ukraine to be a new and unique type of warfare. This study discusses the usefulness of the term hybrid warfare and examines two case studies that reflect the characteristics of hybrid war, the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, to determine if hybrid warfare is …