Russian hybrid warfare and other dark arts war on the rocks. Getting russias nonlinear military challenge right has been withdrawn from publication. Russian nonlinear warfare through the lenses of strategic. This book examines the united states militarys use of concepts from nonlinear science, such as chaos and complexity theory, in its efforts to theorise informationage warfare. The political strategist and presidential advisor vladislav surkov is rumoured to have penned the scifi novel bez neba without the sky, in which a number of adversaries fight each alone against the others in a world war five. Phillip karber has created a useful model of russian hybrid warfare, which compares levels of warfare. Whichever term is favoured, however, ocp9guvgtpqdugtxgtuugggtcukoqxhu ctvkengcucugok qh ekcnuvcvgogpv.
Asymmetric warfare group russian new generation warfare handbook version 1. Janis berzins national defence academy of latvia, latvia janis. Private companies engage in russias non linear warfare. How russia wages nonlinear warfare and reflexive control i have been asked to make a reply an op last edited fri apr 27, 2018, 11. Russian elites sometimes refer to the country as a minority. Nonlinear warfare is not russian for hybrid warfare. The epicenter of hybrid warfare and ways to win there. Russian federation soldierssurged into crimea and drove out all elements and symbols of ukrainian authority. Pdf the term hybrid warfare fails to properly describe russian operations in ukraine and elsewhere. The paper examines the russian approach to cyber warfare, addressing both its theoretical and its practical underpinnings. Nonlinear warfare, ambiguous warfare and special war have all been labels applied to russias.
By using the site, you accept the use of cookies on our part. Robert coalson, top russian general lays bare putins plan for ukraine, the world post, september 2, 2014. Russia has undertaken unconventional techniques to. The first will define hybrid warfare and examine the russian hybrid warfare model. Morris wars are not declared, and having begun, proceed to an unfamiliar template, stated general valery gerasimov, the chief of the general staff of the russian armed forces, during a closed speech at the russian academy of military sciences. The gerasimov doctrine and russian nonlinear war, blog. But the russian political culture aims to ferment and exploit that disease of twodimensionality in populations as well. It defines nonlinear warfare as the deployment of conventional and irregular military forces in conjunction with psychological, economic, political, and cyber assaults. Where the content of the ebook requires a specific layout, or contains maths or other special characters, the ebook will be available in pdf pbk format, which cannot be reflowed. The goal of this work is complex processing of key. It is a blend of intellectual currents among russian military leaders and responses to how. The major injection for its use today comes from russian general gerasimovs february 27, 20 article. Nonlinear warfare linear conflicts are defined by a sequential progression of a planned strategy by opposing sides, whereas nonlinear conflict is the simultaneous deployment of multiple, complementary military and nonmilitary. Berzins, russias new generation warfare in ukraine.
The use of private forces is likely to remain a feature of russian nonlinear warfare in the future, as moscow can claim that such fighters have a financial or individual ideological. The second section will examine its implementation in the ukraine. The instruments which make up political war are also crucial to the earlier phases of hybrid war. The russian hybrid warfare strategy neither russian nor strategy. The evolution of the concept of russian new generation warfare. In january 2017, the fbi, nsa, dia, and cia coordi nated their efforts as the united.
Gerasimov doctrine and russian non linear war brown cs. The goal of this work is complex processing of key russian concepts of warfare within. Pdf russian nonlinear warfare through the lenses of strategic. How russia wages nonlinear warfare and reflexive control. The other is the masterful execution of diplomatic and legal rhetoric which rendered the west. Russian irregular warfare, hybrid warfare, nonlinear warfare, newgeneration warfare, unconventional warfare, gerasimov doctrine, russian irregular warfare against napoleon, russian irregular warfare and economy of force during the great game in central asia. The master thesis deals with russian approach to nonlinear warfare through the concept of strategic culture. In fact, hybrid warfare in russian parlance is described as a tool usually employed by western states and organisations, while the preferred russian terms are nonlinear warfare or new generation warfare. This paper showed that the article of valeriy gerasimov the incumbent chief of the general staff of the russian federationinvoked a new warfare strategy for the russian federation which was consequently for the very first time in its full spectre and effectivity employed on case of crimean annexation in march 2014. Nonlinear war opposition is impossible adam curtis above refers to nonlinear warfare.
The gerasimov doctrine and russian nonlinear war call it nonlinear war which i prefer, or hybrid war, or special war, russias operations first in crimea and then eastern ukraine have demonstrated that moscow is increasingly focusing on new forms of politicallyfocused operations in the future. In comparing iranian and russian strategy and military actions, russia is, of course, much more advanced in militarytechnological capabilities. In terms of the scale of the casualties and destruction, the catastrophic social, economic, and political. At the same time, both states have begun to rely on the use of special forces, irregular militias and little green men in the context of nonlinear or hybrid warfarein which the july. In practical application, the russian concept of nonlinear conflict is an example of hybrid warfare strategy.
Army formations to increase awareness of russian tactics, nearpeer capabilities, and current u. Russias approach to cyber warfare michael connell and sarah vogler. Pdf social engineering in russian nonlinear warfare. The third section will demonstrate how the russian form of hybrid warfare was the perfect fit for the circumstances that existed in the ukraine in the winterspring of 2014. If russian thinking here had a relative, it would be the chinese concept of.
Informational conflict was used by valery gerasimov, the russian chief of the general staff, in a short article published in early 20 which discussed the character of nonlinear warfare see. Private companies engage in russias non linear warfare janes. The second and third sections analyse soviet and russian approaches to nonlinear warfare through goals, tactics and results. Nonlinear warfare and reflexive control by can kasapoglu1 1 dr. Evaluating russian nonlinear war through modern chinese doctrine. By analyzing the so called gerasimov doctrine,the phases and sections of russian hybrid warfare in. The gerasimov doctrine builds a framework for these new tools, and declares that nonmilitary tactics are not auxiliary to the use of force but the preferred way to win. The efficacy of the crimean campaign and russian nonlinear warfare as a strategy is evidenced by two factors. Framed as new generation warfare or nonlinear war, russias new concept of war, like western military doctrines, favours the use of special and. Russian elites sometimes refer to the country as a.
One is the degree to which russia was able to normalize the annexation. Theres an advert on you tube that uses the same guy for the. Russian military and intelligence doctrines and non linear warfare. Nonetheless, while a comprehensive analysis of the full arsenal and objectives of moscows political war against the west. It is a blend of intellectual currents among russian military leaders and responses to how they view nato operations. Using the ukraine conflict as a case study, this paper argues that hybrid warfare known as nelineinaia voina, or nonlinear warfare in russian is the simultaneous combination and employment of multiple military and nonmilitary state tools in conflict, but its successful use ultimately relies on an effective information operations campaign. How to confront a new challenge to the west page 5 in 2014, putin annexed crimea and destabilized eastern ukraine. He also serves as an analyst on defense issues for the istanbulbased thinktank the center for economics and foreign policy studies edam. Over the past three decades, the us defence community has shown an increasing interest in learning lessons from the nonlinear sciences. Instead, an expanded, updated and substantially new version will appear in early 2019, published by routledge. The first is a comparative study of soviet and russian hybrid and information warfare. Whichever term is favoured, however, many western observers see gerasimovs 20 article as a semiofficial statement.
Pdf russian nonlinear warfare through the lenses of. Casey, americas army in an era of persistent conflict, army magazine. Therefore the means to achieve them will vary, but the ways are the same exploit vulnerabilities to create linkage and leverage. Most vitalsource ebooks are available in a reflowable epub format which allows you to resize text to suit you and enables other accessibility features. The kremlins approach might be called nonlinear war, a term used in a short story. Abstractfollowing russias annexation of crimea and its initial actions in. Russias ambiguous warfare and implications for the u. With the russian annexation of crimea in 2014, hybrid war became a buzzword within political and academic circles. Hybrid warfare in russian thinking is usually described as nonlinear. Pdf the master thesis deals with russian approach to nonlinear warfare through the concept of strategic culture. Nonlinear war the geopolitical philosophy of drones. Abstractrussias recent operations in ukraine, especially the integrated use of militias, gangsters, information operations, intelligence, and special forces, have created a concern in the west about a new way of war, sometimes described as hybrid. However, not only are many of the tactics used familiar from western operations, they also have their roots in. Hybrid warfare does not give either side inherent advantage its logic persistent opportunism for simplistic long term goals.
The time of nonlinear war involves not only pilotless machines i. Inherent vulnerabilities of hybrid warfare itself apply to russian approach. The site uses profiling cookies to create profiles related to the user and are used in order to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the same in the context of surfing the net. Can kasapoglu is an ndc eisenhower fellow in the research division of the nato defense college in rome. The evolution of the concept of russian new generation.