The Gerasimov Doctrine

By Douglas Farah

Douglas Farah is the President of IBI Consultants and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the National Defense University's Center for Complex Operations, where he specializes in strategic challenges from Latin America.   For two decades, he was a foreign correspondent and investigative reporter for the Washington Post covering Latin America and West Africa.  He is also a Senior Associate at the Americas Program at CSIS.

Through hybrid warfare and the Gerasimov Doctrine, Russia is increasingly blurring the lines between war and peace, business and crime.  Russia’s involvement in Latin America is starting to follow a similar course. Douglas Farah, President of IBI Consultants, explains why he does not believe Russia’s presence in Latin America is currently a strategic threat to the U.S., but how this continued blurring of lines may lead it to become one.

The Cipher Brief: How would you assess Russia’s involvement in Latin America? Is this a strategic threat to U.S. interests, or do you anticipate it becoming one? 

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