EPISODE · Aug 9, 2019 · 26 MIN
Protecting Europe against hybrid threats
from Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes
In the third episode of ECFR’s summer series on strategic sovereignty, Mark Leonard talks to Gustav Gressel, Acting Director of the Wider Europe programme and Senior Policy Fellow at ECFR, about hybrid threats. Using Gressel’s recent paper on hybrid threats as a starting point, they discuss all elements of hybrid warfare: from sponsored proxy groups to propaganda war, and from economic pressure to cyber attacks. Importantly, they ask what impact hybrid warfare might have on European sovereignty.This podcast was recorded on Friday, 12 July, 2019.Picture:Cyber warfare specialists serving with the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Cyberspace Operations Group engage in weekend training at Warfield Air National Guard Base in Middle River, Md., June 3, 2017. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.Public domain. Retrieved from: https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/News/Article/Article/1466442/military-officials-testify-on-cybersecurity-on-capitol-hill/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In the third episode of ECFR’s summer series on strategic sovereignty, Mark Leonard talks to Gustav Gressel, Acting Director of the Wider Europe programme and Senior Policy Fellow at ECFR, about hybrid threats. Using Gressel’s recent paper on hybrid threats as a starting point, they discuss all elements of hybrid warfare: from sponsored proxy groups to propaganda war, and from economic pressure to cyber attacks. Importantly, they ask what impact hybrid warfare might have on European sovereignty.This podcast was recorded on Friday, 12 July, 2019.Picture:Cyber warfare specialists serving with the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Cyberspace Operations Group engage in weekend training at Warfield Air National Guard Base in Middle River, Md., June 3, 2017. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.Public domain. Retrieved from: https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/News/Article/Article/1466442/military-officials-testify-on-cybersecurity-on-capitol-hill/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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