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The Globalization of Hybrid Warfare and the Need for Plausible Deniability

The Globalization of Hybrid Warfare and the Need for Plausible Deniability

Benedict E. DeDominicis
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781522597155|ISBN10: 1522597158|EISBN13: 9781522597162
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9715-5.ch016
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DeDominicis, Benedict E. "The Globalization of Hybrid Warfare and the Need for Plausible Deniability." Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour D.B.A., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 242-257. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9715-5.ch016

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DeDominicis, B. E. (2020). The Globalization of Hybrid Warfare and the Need for Plausible Deniability. In M. Khosrow-Pour D.B.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web (pp. 242-257). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9715-5.ch016

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DeDominicis, Benedict E. "The Globalization of Hybrid Warfare and the Need for Plausible Deniability." In Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour D.B.A., 242-257. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9715-5.ch016

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Abstract

Nuclear powers battle indirectly through competitive interference within the political systems of third actors in addition to targeting not only each other, but also their own national public opinion. Postwar global human rights norms developed to include national self-determination for all. Covert intervention became politically preferable domestically to avoid negative domestic political reactions to perceived imperialism. Covert intervention decreases political resistance and costs to the intervenor. The nature of social media content distribution makes propaganda and disinformation distribution very extensive at relatively very low cost. These trends and advantages furthered the stress on covert intervention and the formation of national security bureaucracies for engaging in it. Russian state agency internet-based covert intervention via social media in the 2016 US national elections demonstrated that the US is part of the politically globalizing postmodern world that it helped create after 1945. The surveillance capabilities of the national security state will be strengthened.

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