Hybrid Warfare (merged thread)

[Taiko]

A little late but none the less:

Those who resist that a fundamental change is occuring in the international system does not accept any of these new 'schools'.

Interesting, so what has changed?

Despite the best efforts of liberals, and their international institutions, human nature has not changed. For the majority of the earth's population life is poor, nasty, brutal and short. The international system is still a permissive environment that is dominated by fear, honor and greed. Wars are still a continuation of politics by other means, even the one happening in Afghanistan right now. The struggle for power is still the only game in town. State's still convert economic growth into military power, or did you miss China's 60th anniversary celebrations? Great powers still rise and decline. Other powers are more than eager to stake their claim to regional hegemony and great power status. Nope, not much has really changed since Thucydides put pen to paper.

Our (the west's) dominance is coming to its end

Myself and some 5000 odd nuclear tipped ICBM will disagree. The problem with 'hybrid warfare' is that it conflates the actual threat potential of the adversary to a delusory level. When a country can meet or exceed nuclear parity with the West, that is when we will be facing a true threat to our existence. Otherwise, in many cases, the West is just attempting to get involved with conflicts that have little to no real strategic value, and pose little to no real strategic threat. This is the point that Enchevarria et'al are making and they are correct.