Preparing for Hybrid Threats to Security: Collaborative Preparedness and Response

Preparing for Hybrid Threats to Security: Collaborative Preparedness and Response

hybrid threats; resilience; preparedness; Total Defence; geopolitical tensions; cyber-threats; Ukraine war; security crisis; Europe; political governance; social stability; liberal democracies; liberal democracy; targeted states; aggressors; victimized communities; conflict; private sector; threat-reduction; international crisis management; defence studies; hybrid warfare; security studies; International Relations; national security; China; Australia; Russia; Ukraine; cyberspace

This book examines hybrid threats within the broader context of a security crisis in Europe. As geopolitical tensions increase and great power rivalries intensify, can states protect their communities? While conventional wars are fought, parallel battles take place by more subtle and non-violent means. This multi-disciplinary book examines how hybrid threats undermine political governance and social stability in liberal democracies, covering aggressors, targeted states and victimized communities. It seeks to address how aggressor states undermine liberal democracies under the threshold of conflict, and the role played by hybrid threats as aggressor states prepare for full-scale war. The chapters also explore how liberal democracies organize and interact to detect hybrid threats, arguing that, in order to increase resilience, politicians and government agencies must involve the private sector and citizens in threat-reduction policies. The analysis builds upon the latest research in the international crisis management literature. This book will be of interest to students of security studies, hybrid warfare, defence studies and International Relations, as well as professional practitioners. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/93079

Taylor & Francis

2025

Borch, Odd Jarl (editor);
Heier, Tormod (editor)

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Pdf

English

Textbooks

10.4324/9781032617916