Mark Galeotti: Russia’s Hybrid War: What Does it Really Mean, And How Should the West Respond?

This is a recording of an event organized by the Institute of International Relations on that took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The challenge of Russia’s ‘hybrid war’ remains one of the main concerns of Western policy-makers, yet quite what does this mean, and how can it best be resisted? Dr Mark Galeotti, a senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague and one of the world’s leading experts on Russian security has recently completed two major analyses of the issue, his comprehensive report Hybrid War or Gibridnaya Voina? Getting Russia’s non-linear military challenge right (Mayak) and Heavy Metal Diplomacy: Russia’s political use of its military in Europe since 2014 (European Council on Foreign Relations). Dr. Mark Galeotti is a researcher in the Institute of International Relations and an internationally recognized expert on Russia. Besides his considerable academic career, which included lecturing at several eminent universities of the world, he