Kristan Stoddart, "Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West" (de Gruyter, 2025)

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Kristan Stoddart discusses his book on Russia's hybrid warfare and its implications for the West.

Kristan Stoddart's Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West (de Gruyter, 2025) is a timely and systematic analysis of Russian hybrid warfare with a particular focus on Russian cyberespionage and cyberwarfare. It especially analyzes Russian policy from the election of President Vladmir Putin in 2000 to date. It takes a long term, long lens, view of Russian policies and actions internationally and domestically, fundamentally questioning the relationship and boundaries between active measures, espionage, cyberespionage, and hybrid warfare. The most up-to-date and systematic analysis of Russia’s hybrid warfare. Draws on a wide range of multi-disciplinary literature. Questions the boundaries between active measures, espionage, cyberespionage, and hybrid warfare. Dr. Kristan Stoddart is an Associate Professor at Swansea University where he is director of the Geopolitical Challenges Research Institute. Previously he was a Reader in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. From 2014 to 2017, Kristan was part of a £1.2 million project examining Cyber Security Lifecycles funded by Airbus Group and the Welsh Government. He also was a member of the UK’s…

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Guest: Kristan Stoddart

Topics covered

• hybrid warfare
• cyberespionage
• Russian policy
• international relations
• cyberwarfare

Keywords

• hybrid warfare
• cyberespionage
• Vladimir Putin
• Russian policy
• cyberwarfare
• international relations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Swansea University, Aberystwyth University, Airbus Group, Welsh Government, UK’s Independent Digital Ethics in Policing Panel, Royal Historical Society, Royal Society of Arts

Books & works: Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West

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