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Hybrid, ambiguous, and non-linear? How new is Russia’s ‘new way of war’?

Mark GaleottiCenter for Global Affairs, New York University, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 282-301 | Received 07 Aug 2015, Accepted 10 Oct 2015, Published online: 21 Mar 2016

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