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Ryan C. Maness and Brandon Valeriano’s Modern Hybrid Warfare offers a rigorous empirical assessment of Russia’s hybrid warfare strategy against Ukraine and the West. The authors argue that while hybrid operations, such as cyberattacks, information warfare, and economic statecraft, particularly energy coercion, remain permanent features of modern conflict, they have failed as decisive strategic instruments. Contrary to widespread assumptions that advanced technologies – such as AI, unmanned systems, electronic warfare, and space assets – will revolutionize warfare, Maness and Valeriano argue that the Russo-Ukrainian War demonstrates that warfare’s fundamental nature remains unchanged: brutal, bloody, and highly dependent on adaptation and coordination rather than technological silver bullets. At a time when policymakers and military planners deal with questions about the future of conflict, this book provides essential analysis grounded in evidence rather than speculation.
Both authors bring substantial expertise to the subject. Ryan C. Maness is an Associate Professor in the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School, researching cyber and information strategy, U.S. national security, Russian foreign and military policy, political warfare, and hybrid strategies.
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