False Flags in Cyberspace: Targeting Public Opinion and Political Will
Bottom Line: In the digital age, determining the origins of cyberattacks is already difficult, but cyber actors can further muddy attribution by diverting blame for […] More
Hybrid Warfare
History’s Lesson Regarding Russian Cyber Warfare
Ten years ago this month, war erupted between Russia and Georgia after Georgian troops attacked South Ossetia and shelled the town of Tskhinvali, in response […] More
UK National Security Adviser: Russia Expulsions Just First Step
As Russia was announcing who it would kick out over the mass expulsion of Russian spies over a nerve agent attack in Britain, the U.K.’s […] More
Russian Aggression: Cold War 2.0 – Or Did the First One Never End?
Russia continues to wage hybrid warfare across Europe and the United States, and—for the most part—the West has been slow to respond, leaving some to […] More
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Deniability and De-Escalation: Russia’s Use of Military Contractors in Proxy Wars
Bottom Line: Russia’s use of private military contractors in Syria lends the Kremlin deniability that becomes problematic when the U.S. tries to calculate how to […] More
How Putin’s Attempts at Deception Failed in Ukraine
Concealment, imitation and disinformation – tactics known as maskirovka – were part of a Soviet doctrine used by their military and intelligence services – namely […] More