Hybrid Warfare from the perspective of Russia (2012-2024)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 National Defense University, Tehran, Iran

2 International relations, Kharazmi university. tehran. iran

Abstract
Hybrid war, has a high importance in the foreign policy of countries, and ,the majority of countries seek to make maximum use of this concept in order to secure their interests. Therefore there is a need to deeply examine the understanding of countries (especially powers) from this concept. For this purpose, explaining the hybrid war from the perspective of Russia, as one of the most important powers of the current international system, is of special importance for the I.R Iran. The main goal of the research is to discover and explain Moscow's understanding of the concept of hybrid warfare. This applied research has been done by exploratory-inductive method. In addition to its documentary tools, which consist of previous literature and Russian documents, this research has also used field tools with a statistical population of 30 people. The results of this research show that due to extensive investment and special attention to the hard and soft components of power, Russia now has the highest capabilities in the military, security and cyber fields and has made significant progress in the media, economic and political sectors. This has significantly increased Moscow's initiative to repel hybrid threats and countermeasures in this area, and has made hybrid warfare an important tool in the relations of this country. Hybrid warfare is a very vital concept in Russian security documents, and identification of hybrid threats and maximum preparation against them is one of the most important security priorities of the Kremlin.

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