Preparing for Hybrid Threats to Security

Collaborative Preparedness and Response
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-61792-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 637 g

This book examines hybrid threats within the broader context of a security crisis in Europe.

As geopolitical tensions increase and great power rivalries intensify, can states protect their communities? While conventional wars are fought, parallel battles take place by more subtle and non-violent means. This multi-disciplinary book examines how hybrid threats undermine political governance and social stability in liberal democracies, covering aggressors, targeted states and victimized communities. It seeks to address how aggressor states undermine liberal democracies under the threshold of conflict, and the role played by hybrid threats as aggressor states prepare for full-scale war. The chapters also explore how liberal democracies organize and interact to detect hybrid threats, arguing that, in order to increase resilience, politicians and government agencies must involve the private sector and citizens in threat-reduction policies. The analysis builds upon the latest research in the international crisis management literature.

This book will be of interest to students of security studies, hybrid warfare, defence studies and International Relations, as well as professional practitioners.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Borch, Odd Jarl

Heier, Tormod

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Understanding Hybrid Threats: An Introduction  Part I: The Threat  2. Contemporary Research on Hybrid Threats: Status and Future Avenues  3. Hybrid Threats as a Threat to Democracy: Soft and Smart Tactics and Three Dimensions of Democracy  4. Identifying Hybrid Threats from a National Security Perspective: The Case of Chinese Hybrid Threats in Australia  Part II: The Ukrainian Experience  5. Hybrid Threats in Cyberspace: What Do Russia’s Cyberspace Operations in Ukraine Tell Us?  6. The Transformation of Hybrid Threats into Full-Scale War: The Case of Ukraine, 2014-2022  7. Countering Russia’s Hybrid War: The Orchestration of Ukraine’s National Resilience  Part III: Response Strategies  8. Civic Communities or Armed Forces as First Line of Defence?  9. Municipal Preparedness Against Hybrid Threats: How Can Military Experiences Be Used?  10. Hybrid Threats and the ‘New’ Total Defence: The Case of Sweden  11. Information Sharing in Complex Crises: The Case of Joint Domain-Specific Centers in Norway  12. Hybrid Threat Intelligence Through Virtual Networks: The Role of Network Entrepreneurs  Part IV: Knowledge and Resilience  13. Hybrid Threats and Comprehensive Defence in Small Diverse Societies: The Case of Estonia  14. Hybrid Threats and the Power of Identity: Comparing Croatia and Ukraine  15. Building Competence Against Hybrid Threats: Training and Exercising Hybrid Command Organizations  16. Competence for Hybrid Threats: A Strategic Competitive Development Model  Part V: Conclusions  17. Towards a Hybrid Threat Response Model

Über Autor(innen)

Odd Jarl Borch is a Professor of Strategy at the Nord University Business School, Bodo, Norway. He is the author of more than 150 scientific publications. He has served on several government committees within industry development, safety and preparedness, including the Norwegian Total Preparedness Commission.

Tormod Heier is a Professor of Military Strategy and Operations at the Norwegian Defence University College, Norway. He has edited or authored 14 books, on crisis management, security and defence policy, and military conflicts. He was awarded The Norwegian PEN’s Ossietzky Price for Freedom of Speech in 2017, and The Norwegian Army’s Medal of Merit in 2023.