Russia's Ambiguous Warfare and Implications for the U.S. Marine Corps

Abstract

The Russian Federation used ambiguous warfare strategies to annex Crimea in 2014 and propagate Ukrainian instability. Rapidly generated, highly trained, and well-disciplined Russian forces on the ground in Ukraine unofficially coordinated with pro-Russian separatists to conduct psychological operations, intimidation, and bribery among the population to undermine nationalist resistance. Illustrating warfare's expanding reach, these activities obscure the factors that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization traditionally uses to identify the need for the cooperative defense of a member nation. This summary of a CNA-organized meeting of experts captures these topics and their implications on the U.S. government's current warfighting strategy.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 12, 2016
Accession Number
AD1048045

Entities

People

  • Mary Ellen Connell
  • Ryan Evans

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Black Sea
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Psychological Operations
  • Security
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.