The QDR: a future of hybrid warfare?

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15 February 2010The latest formal statement of US defence policy, the QDR, plays down sweeping ambition in order to remain focused on the tasks immediately at hand—Iraq and above all, Afghanistan.  And it sees a future of ‘hybrid’ warfare, likely to involve a diversity of actors and to blur the traditional distinction between inter-state conflict and protracted counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency operations.  It suggests the US will be looking for more from its allies, including Australia.

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Publication typeReport
Publisher TypeAcademic research centre, APO Member
CoverageAustralia, North America, Worldwide
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/20411
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