hybrid warfare

English

Noun

hybrid warfare (uncountable)

1. a military strategy that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare across the full spectrum of conflict.
   • 2008, Stephen Biddle, Jeffrey A. Friedman, The 2006 Lebanon Campaign and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Army and Defense Policy, Strategic Studies Institute, page 28:

     Some, however, have recently added a single intermediate category of “hybrid warfare”: […] . The notion of “hybrid” war makes a valuable contribution in breaking down unhelpful dichotomies between “conventional” and “guerrilla,” and is a clear and important step in the right direction.

   • 2009, Patrick M. Cronin, Global Strategic Assessment 2009: America’s Security Role in a Changing World, NDU Press, page 2:

     the changing character of conflict from conventional to irregular and hybrid warfare.

   • 2013, Jacquelyn K. Davis, Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Anticipating a Nuclear Iran: Challenges for U.S. Security, →ISBN, page 200:

     Entities using IW [irregular warfare] flout Geneva Convention rules and use nontraditional tools, including weapons of mass destruction, improvised explosive devices, and cyberwar operations. Hybrid warfare is waged using a combination of regular and irregular warfare tools, concepts, and doctrines.

Translations

warfare that blends conventional warfare and irregular warfare

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: հիբրիդային պատերազմ (hibridayin paterazm)
• Asturian: guerra híbrida f
• Azerbaijani: hibrid müharibəsi
• Belarusian: гібры́дная вайна́ f (hibrýdnaja vajná)
• Bulgarian: хибридна война f (hibridna vojna)
• Catalan: guerra híbrida f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 混合戰／混合战 (hùnhézhàn)

• Czech: hybridní válka f
• Dutch: hybride oorlogsvoering f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: hübriidsõda
• Finnish: hybridisodankäynti
• French: guerre hybride (fr) f
• German: hybride Kriegsführung f, Hybridkrieg m
• Greek: υβριδικός πόλεμος m (yvridikós pólemos)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: fjölþáttahernaður m
• Indonesian: perang hibrida
• Italian: guerra ibrida f
• Japanese: ハイブリッド戦争
• Korean: 하이브리드 전쟁 (haibeurideu jeonjaeng)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: hybridkrigføring
• Persian: جنگ ترکیبی
• Polish: wojna hybrydowa f
• Romanian: război hibrid n
• Russian: гибри́дная война́ (ru) f (gibrídnaja vojná)
• Serbo-Croatian: hibridni rat m, хибридни рат m
• Slovak: hybridná vojna f
• Spanish: guerra híbrida f
• Swedish: hybridkrigföring c
• Thai: การสงครามผสมผสาน
• Turkish: hibrit savaş
• Ukrainian: гібри́дна війна́ f (hibrýdna vijná)

See also

• asymmetric warfare

References

• Bond, Margaret S. "Hybrid War: A New Paradigm for Stability Operations in Failing States". USAWC Strategy Research Project. Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: U.S. Army War College, 2007.
• Cuomo, Scott A. and Brian J. Donlon. "Training a 'Hybrid' Warrior." Marine Corps Gazette (Feb, 2008): 50.
• Glenn, Russell W. "Thoughts on Hybrid Conflict." Small Wars Journal.
• Grant, Greg. "Hybrid Wars." Government Executive 40, no. 5 (May, 2008): 18.
• Hoffman, Frank G. "Future Thoughts on Hybrid Threats." Small Wars Journal.
• Hoffman, Frank G. "How Marines are preparing for hybrid wars." Armed Forces Journal (March 2006).