The Case for Civil Resistance to Russia’s Populace-Centric Warfare
Also available on the Free Russia Foundation website here.
Putin’s Russia is waging populace-centric hybrid warfare against democratic societies. As such, effective counter-measures to this type of warfare must prominently involve civilian population highly versed in civil resistance strategies and tactics. Key attributes of successful civil resistance that, in the past, made societies resilient and mobilized against authoritarian regimes are now indispensable for design and effective deployment of defensive and offensive strategies against the Kremlin’s efforts to bring down democracies.
How Democratic Societies Can Fight and Win Against Authoritarian Hybrid Onslaught
Free Russia Foundation, March 2018