Putin’s Russia
A Hybrid State Unbounded by Limitations
By Col. Ryan L. Worthan, U.S. Army
NATO’s final communique from the 2016 Warsaw summit recognized the changed security environment in which Russia’s malign “activities and policies have reduced…
Waging Lawfare
Russia’s Weaponization of International and Domestic Law
By Mark Voyger Senior lecturer, Russian and Eastern European studies, Baltic Defence College
Russia’s attempts to assert its hegemonic ambitions against Ukraine and other countries…
Shadow Wars
Hybrid Warfare in the Legal and Strategic Gray Zone
By Lt. Douglas Cantwell, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy
The best way to boil a frog, the adage goes, is to turn the heat up slowly enough so the frog does not realize it is…
Hacking for influence
Cyber attacks are key to Russian information warfare
By Piret Pernik, Researcher, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences
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In recent years, liberal democracies have found themselves…
Taking the Offensive
Bulgaria’s national strategy to counter hybrid threats
By Mihail Naydenov, defense and international security expert
The Kremlin’s hybrid warfare campaign against NATO and the European Union — in particular the subversive activities…
A Latvian Case Study
Cross-domain coercion and Russia’s efforts to weaken NATO’s eastern flank
By Cmdr. Roslaw Jezewski, Polish Navy and national military representative at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin has…
Hybrid War in the Lands in Between
BOOK AUTHOR: Mitchell A. Orenstein
PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press, 2019
REVIEWED BY: per Concordiam Staff
Mitchell Orenstein assures us that his book, The Lands in Between: Russia vs. the West and the New Politics of Hybrid…
Dispelling Myths
Defeating transnational organized crime requires a thorough understanding of how it works
By Dr. Paul Rexton Kan | Photos by The Associated Press
Organized crime syndicates and cartels are major nonstate actors in the international…
Following the Money
An informal group of financial sleuths is critical to fighting transnational crime
By Joseph Wheatley, trial attorney, Organized Crime and Gang Section, U.S. Department of Justice
Transnational crime, including terrorist financing,…
Social Media Intelligence
Using Facebook, Twitter and other sites to combat organized crime
By Tudoriu Constantin-Sorin | Photos by The Associated Press
The international security environment has responded to the rapid development of the internet and mobile…