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Themanydimensions
ofhybridwarfare
emilavdaliaNi
GeorgiaisinthemidstofahybridwarwithRussia.
AmongthevarioustoolsusedbytheKremlin,economic
pressurehasbeenarguablythemosteńectivestrategy
thathasbeendirectedatGeorgiasincethe1990s.
Georgia-Russiarelationsgivegreatinsightintothecurrentlyfashionablesub-
jectofhybridwarfare.Similartotheideaofufourthgenerationwarfare”
,which
focusesonblurringthefrontsbetweenopposingsidesandwagingwarbymeans
otherthanhead-onmilitaryconfrontation,hybridwarfareisamoresophisticat-
edwayofusingallofacountry’savailableresourcestoachieveaspecificsetofge-
opoliticalaims.
Hybridwarfareisalsocommonlyknownbytermssuchasugreyzonestrategies”
,
ucompetitionshortofconflict”
,uactivemeasures”andunewgenerationwarfare”
.
IwillsticktothetraditionaltermtoexplainwhatissouniqueabouttheRussian
strategyofcombiningvariouspolitical,militaryandeconomictoolstoinfluence
Georgia.Russia’shybridwarfarestrategyisahighlyinnovativeapproachtomodern
conflicts.Nolongerpursuingtheseeminglyunilimitedobjectivesoftotalwar,itis
consideredaneńectivealternative.InnovationinRussia’smilitarysectorsincethe
early2000s,aswellastheshiftingbalanceofpoweralongthecountry’sborders,
hasencourageditsmilitaryandpoliticalleadershiptodevelopanewconceptfor
attainingpolicygoals.
