Russia’s Indirect and Asymmetric Methods as a Response to the New Western Way of War

Abstract

This research explains the context in which General Valery Gerasimov’s often cited article, “The Value of Science Is in the Foresight: New Challenges Demand Rethinking the Forms and Methods of Carrying Out Combat Operations” published February 26, 2013, in Military-Industrial Courier was written. Furthermore it explains why “Gerasimov’s Doctrine” is not a new Russian development, but is a response to the West’s new way of war, and description of the future of war in general.

Keywords:

• Gerasimov Doctrine
• Russia
• Ukraine
• Crimea
• Spetsnaz
• strategy
• tactics
• operational art