4. The Russian Military Perspective

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. 1. Hybrid Conflicts and Information Warfare 1
5. Part 1. The Concept of Hybridity in Conflicts
6. 2. The Idea of Hybridity 7
7. 3. The Color Revolutions in the Context of Hybrid Wars 25
8. 4. The Russian Military Perspective 43
9. 5. A War of Definitions: Hybridity in Russia and the West 67
10. Part 2. The Information Dimension of Warfare in the Twenty-First Century
11. 6. International Ethics and Information Warfare 85
12. 7. The Politics of Information Warfare in the United States 107
13. 8. The Politics of Information Warfare in Russia 129
14. 9. Using Information: Methods and Cases from Russia 149
15. Part 3. Information Warfare: The Case of the Islamic State
16. 10. The Battle for Mosul: An Analysis of Islamic State Propaganda 171
17. 11. Islamic State Propaganda as a Strategic Challenge 191
18. 12. Islamic State Propaganda in the North Caucasus 213
19. 13. A New Paradigm of Hybrid Warfare 225
20. Part 4. Conclusion
21. 14. “Hybrid” and “Information”: New Labels, Old Politics 249
22. Selected Bibliography 257
23. The Contributors 265
24. Index 267
25. About the Book 271