Defending the Defenders COUNTRY SQUIRE MAGAZINE

Defending the Defenders COUNTRY SQUIRE MAGAZINE

BY DR ROBERT PARRWhy the UK Must Back Its Special Forces: Russia’s Hybrid Warfare and the Growing Threat to UK SecurityGeneral Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, pictured below, is widely credited with formalising Russia’s hybrid warfare doctrine, commonly referred to as the ‘Gerasimov Doctrine’. This strategy integrates traditional military tactics with political, economic, informational, and legal operati…