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Russian Hybrid and Information Warfare Moscow’s Strategy and the Russian Asymmetric Challenge to the World

By Riccardo Allegri Copyright 2027
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the evolution of Russian hybrid warfare in the post-Soviet era through a long-term, historically grounded, and systematically integrated perspective. Contemporary strategic studies literature often portrays hybrid warfare as an innovative approach to conflict. However, this volume demonstrates that Russia’s hybrid approach is neither new nor improvised, but the product of a... Read more

Introduction  1. Defining “Hybrid Warfare”  2. The Russia Resort to “Hybrid Warfare: From Peter the Great to Gerasimov  3. The Chechen Wars  4. The War with Georgia  5. The Annexation of Crimea and the Donbas War (2014-2015)  6. The Full-scale Invasion of Ukraine  Conclusion

Biography

Riccardo Allegri is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Palermo, Italy. He holds a PhD from the Centre of Advanced Defence Studies of the Italian Ministry of Defence.