Russia: from Cold War via 'Peace Divided' to Hybrid War in Europe

ISBN-13: 9786200313812 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 100 str.

Craisor-Constantin Ionita

Opis

Nowadays, Europe is extremely volatile and flammable, while its common security seems to be sensitive and difficult to maintain at a positive status quo. This is because the 2014 Ukrainian Crisis can be envisaged as a crucial moment for Europe, as a new form of warfare raised - the Hybrid War -, being multiplied by new threats, like BREXIT, massive illegal migration or a new face of terror. The regional military arena in Europe was, as well-also, influenced by new objectives, type of forces, and specific means to act, as: increased importance and usability of Special Operations Forces (SOF), the Cyber space, a new conceptual Comprehensive Approach (CA), increased intensity for conducting military actions, a systemic analysis of the enemy (Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information and Infrastructure/PMESII), the multi-dimensional battle-space (energy, space, virtual, electromagnetic, nano), a huge variety of dominant types of military and non-military actions, more sophisticated and unexpected modes to conduct violent actions. In fact, the Hybrid Warfare is the opposite of CA. International Organisations have recognized that the primary response to hybrid threat.

O autorze

Ionita, Craisor-Constantin
Mr. Craisor C. IONITA, ROU-A, is a former Colonel of the Romanian Armed Forces, from where he retired in January 2017. He has a PhD in the Military Science and Intelligence and is member in the Executive Council of the Romanian Reserve Officer Association (AORR), where he represents AORR at the Inter-allied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR).