Open AccessClimate Change and Hybrid Warfare Strategies
Author(s) -
Chad M. Briggs
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of strategic security
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1944-0472
pISSN - 1944-0464
DOI - 10.5038/1944-0472.13.4.1864
Subject(s) - resilience (materials science) , climate change , national security , political science , computer security , risk analysis (engineering) , business , computer science , law , ecology , physics , biology , thermodynamics
Concepts of hybrid warfare and climate security are contested on their own, and are rarely considered as connected in planning for future security risks. Yet climate change presents new hazards for national security, and opportunities for those looking to foment instability and uncertainty in traditional institutions. This article examines the connections between climate change risks and hybrid war strategies, and focuses on concepts of resilience targeting, information warfare, and geoengineering, illustrating that ‘full spectrum’ analyses of security are necessary in developing future security strategies.