Russia and ‘hybrid warfare’

Renz, Bettina

doi:10.1080/13569775.2016.1201316

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“…Previous research has sought to provide a clearer picture by studying the threat, focusing directly on practices: cases of disinformation, (antagonistic) strategic narratives and fake news (e.g. Mejias andVokuev 2017, Ziegler 2018), or the practice of "information warfare" (Baumann 2020) or "hybrid warfare" (Jonson and Seeley 2015, Renz 2016). We instead propose a bottom-up approach, focusing on threat perceptions in a democratic society.…”

Section: How To Grasp the Problem With Projection Of Harmful Informatmentioning

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What is at stake in the information sphere? Anxieties about malign information influence among ordinary Swedes

Wagnsson

2020

European Security

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Scholars, states and organisations have warned that authoritarian regimes and other hostile actors are projecting information to inflict harm upon others. Yet, there is little agreement on the nature of this threat. This is mirrored in the plethora of labels in use, ranging from "disinformation" to "sharp power" and "information warfare". In order to investigate this menace further, we turn our focus to ordinary people's anxieties, since a better understanding of threat perceptions will also provide a better understanding of the problem. We conducted a comprehensive case study comprising focus group discussions (n: 97) and an extensive survey (n: 2046) among Swedish citizens. We asked: To what extent do people worry about information influence and why? What can this tell us about the nature of this problem or threat? The empirical results suggest that respondents were first and foremost worried about societal cohesion and democracy. They also identified a risk that information influence can undermine trust in societal institutions and the EU. Based on our findings, we suggest that "malign information influence" is an appropriate label to be used in future research. Finally, we propose directions for future systematic research on how malign information infuence is received and processed in different national contexts.

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Section: How To Grasp the Problem With Projection Of Harmful Informatmentioning

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What is at stake in the information sphere? Anxieties about malign information influence among ordinary Swedes

Wagnsson

2020

European Security

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“…Enkelte har på bakgrunn av begivenhetene som ledet fram mot den russiske annekteringen av Krimhalvøya, og dessuten Gerasimovs artikkel, konkludert at hybridkrig er et framtredende aspekt ved russisk konflikthåndtering. 4 Det faktum at Gerasimov i sin artikkel, og i foredraget den var basert på, faktisk beskrev det han oppfattet som vestlig bruk av hybride virkemidler og at det russiske forsvaret var dårlig forberedt på å møte denne nye trusselen fra vest, underkommuniseres (Renz 2016;Bartles 2016). De fleste elementene som beskrives som «hybride» er kjente fra før.…”

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Fornuft og følelser: Norge og Russland etter Krim

Rowe

2018

Nordisk Østforum

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After the annexation of Crimea, Moscow’s relationship to the western world deteriorated dramatically. This was also true for the bilateral relationship between Russia and Norway. In this article, Norwegian perceptions of its eastern neighbor are discussed. Though clearly biased against Moscow, Norwegian politicians were simultaneously adamant in their emphasis on good neighborly relations with Russia and a will to protect areas of collaboration from spillover effects. This duality, it is argued, reflects a long-standing tradition in Norwegian Russia policies of balancing opposing elements. Though Norwegian media and policy makers were predominantly willing to perform this balancing act, the article also points to examples of unsubstantiated allegations made against “Russia” or “Russian actors”. Originating from marginal outlets, such stories were accommodated by Norwegian mainstream media, which thereby contributed to creating a skewed – or at the very least uncorroborated – image of Russian intentions. From January 2017 onwards, the Russian embassy in Oslo engaged in the public debate. The embassy’s contributions were unusual, more by virtue of their undiplomatic tone than by their political content. Despite current tensions, the author argues that the Norwegian-Russian bilateral relationship is now closer to a historical norm than at any point since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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“…(Snegovaya, 2015) However, Gerasimov's emphasis on non-military tools was aimed at describing the primary threats to Russian sovereignty, which had stemmed from the perceived US-funded social and political movements, such as color revolutions and the Arab Spring (Bartles, 2016). One of Gerasimov's central messages was to reproach Russian military leaders for not keeping up with contemporary strategic thought and for being in danger of falling behind the West, rather than laying the foundation for a new military approach (Renz, 2016).…”

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Russia and ‘hybrid warfare’

Cited by 80 publications

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What is at stake in the information sphere? Anxieties about malign information influence among ordinary Swedes

What is at stake in the information sphere? Anxieties about malign information influence among ordinary Swedes

Fornuft og følelser: Norge og Russland etter Krim

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