Book
Licensed
Unlicensed
Requires Authentication
Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West
-
Kristan Stoddart
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2026
About this book
This book is a timely and systematic analysis of Russian hybrid warfare with a particular focus on Russian cyberespionage and cyberwarfare. It especially analyzes Russian policy from the election of President Vladmir Putin in 2000 to date.
It takes a long term, long lens, view of Russian policies and actions internationally and domestically, fundamentally questioning the relationship and boundaries between active measures, espionage, cyberespionage, and hybrid warfare.
- The most up-to-date and systematic analysis of Russia’s hybrid warfare.
- Draws on a wide range of multi-disciplinary literature.
- Questions the boundaries between active measures, espionage, cyberespionage, and hybrid warfare.
Author / Editor information
Dr Kristan Stoddart is an Associate Professor at Swansea University where he is director of the Geopolitical Challenges Research Institute. Previously he was a Reader in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. From 2014 to 2017, Kristan was part of a £1.2 million project examining Cyber Security Lifecycles funded by Airbus Group and the Welsh Government. He also was a member of the UK’s Independent Digital Ethics in Policing Panel for around four years through to 2018. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is the author of eight books and many articles and book chapters.
Topics
-
Download PDFPublicly Available
Titelei
I -
Requires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Acknowledgments
5 -
Download PDFPublicly Available
Inhalt
VII -
Requires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
List of abbreviations and concepts
-
Requires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Introduction
1 -
Requires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Chapter 1 Espionage and active measures: Russia’s useof “hybrid warfare”
69 -
Requires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Chapter 2 Russia: An Advanced Persistent Threat to economies and critical infrastructure
143 -
Requires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Chapter 3 Russian election interference: The UK and Brexit
199 -
Requires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Chapter 4 Russian interference in the 2016 U.S.presidential election
233 -
Requires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Final conclusions
289 -
Requires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Bibliography
-
Requires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Index of Names and Subjects
Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
December 29, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111583464
Hardcover published on:
December 29, 2025
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111582993
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
16
Main content:
410
Tables:
1
Keywords for this book
Russia; Ukraine; Cybersecurity; Cyberespionage; Hybrid Warfare; Information Warfare
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars and students of International Relations, Cybersecurity, War Studies, Political Science, Russian politics.
Safety & product resources
-
Manufacturer information:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Genthiner Straße 13
10785 Berlin
productsafety@degruyterbrill.com
