Click Here 174. Beyond Ukraine: Russia wages low-grade, hybrid attacks on Europe
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Oct 15, 2024 
Max Bergman, a Russia expert from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins Adam Siegel, a cybersecurity authority at the Council on Foreign Relations; Keir Giles, who studies Russian foreign policy; and Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a senior fellow focusing on Russian influence. They delve into Russia's hybrid warfare tactics across Europe, detailing acts of sabotage and the dangers of disinformation. The panel emphasizes the need for robust countermeasures and public awareness to combat these destabilizing actions and maintain global security.
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Russia's Hybrid Sabotage Campaign
- Russia conducts a hybrid campaign of sabotage and arson across Europe to intimidate and destabilize the West.
- These low-grade attacks aim to undermine EU support for Ukraine and sow fear among Western societies.
Contradictory Russian Goals
- Russia's goals are contradictory: to terrify Western societies while avoiding blows that provoke strong retaliation.
- They use migration weaponization to exploit political divisions and weaken Western unity on Ukraine.
Limitations of Western Deterrence
- The West has exhausted many deterrence tools like sanctions and expelling diplomats against Russia.
- This leaves few options to prevent Russia's escalating covert attacks, signaling that the gloves are off.