Accession Number:

AD1085287

Title:

Hybrid Warfare in the Baltics: Threats and Potential Responses

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

RAND Corporation Santa Monica United States

Personal Author(s):

• Radin,Andrew

Report Date:

2017-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

58.0

Abstract:

This report documents research performed by RAND Project AIR FORCE in the spring and summer of 2015. The report examines the specific challenges associated with Russian hybrid warfare in the Balticsdefining the issue, understanding the threat, and conceptualizing how to respond. It finds that Russia will have difficulty using nonviolent or covert action to subvert the Baltics absent the use of conventional force, and hence that the main vulnerability stems from Russias local superiority in conventional forces. Addressing the Russian irregular threat remains important nevertheless, since effective defense and deterrence in the Baltics depend on adopting policies to reduce the likelihood of Russian aggression across the conflict spectrum.

Descriptors:

• BALTIC COUNTRIES
• eastern Europe
• threats
• military strategy
• russia
• hybrid warfare
• conventional warfare
• foreign policy
• Military forces (Foreign)

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE