We live in an era of implausible deniability and ambiguous warfare

[Bill Moore]

I have not seen this phrase before and it comes from IISS in an introduction to the forthcoming publication 'Strategic Survey'.

It opens with:

Going local for a moment:
Link:https://www.iiss.org/publications/st...8-005056be3f90

David,

The author captures the essence of today's conflict, but sadly he or she plagiarized the numerous papers on gray zone competition or warfare and simply renamed it tolerance warfare. I guess that could get author a speaking engagement somewhere. Nonetheless, a well written piece.