Despite tough east west tension, the russians sent a really quite high powered delegation. One of the people there was putin's personal adviser on ecological affairs. We have obviously russian hackers running wild across the west. There is still room for law enforcement cooperation. As we get used to this idea that we are in sant competition, but also constant opportunities for collaboration, we will find these interesting constellations whereby we can be absolutely daggers drawn in various arenas, but find common interests in others.
Traditional conflict – fought with guns, bombs, and drones – has become almost too expensive to wage, too unpopular at home, and too difficult to manage. So nations have innovated. Russia wages hybrid warfare on Ukraine. The US threatens Iran with further sanctions. China spends billions buying political influence abroad. The world seems to be heading for a new era of permanent low-level conflict, often unnoticed, undeclared and unending. Mark Galeotti is Honorary Professor at UCL and a specialist in politics, criminology, security studies, international relations and anthropology. His recent book, The Weaponisation of Everything, is a ground-breaking survey of this new way of war. Joining Mark to discuss the book and his work is Carl Miller, Research Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos.
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