New ‘hybrid’ plots revealed in Russian anti-Western policy

Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation (USA)
The central theme of the traditional Munich Security Conference last weekend was the current assessment of the Russian threat. The briefs prepared for the high-level participants, including US Secretary of Defense James Mattis and US National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, had, however, to undergo urgent revisions as at least three new developments in the week preceding the event revealed the growing complexity of this threat.