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Feb 1, 2026, 00:14 UTC
Sweden is implementing a total defense strategy to counter hybrid warfare threats, reflecting a shift in military-strategic rationality since 2015.
This article analyzes Sweden's transition towards a total defense strategy in response to hybrid warfare threats, emphasizing a shift from traditional military preparedness to a societal mobilization against ambiguous hybrid attacks. The study highlights the risks of undermining democratic principles and civil liberties while addressing daily threats from hybrid warfare.
Confidence: High
The article describes Sweden's proactive approach to counter hybrid threats, indicating both aggressor actions by adversarial actors and defensive strategies by Sweden.
Source URL
https://cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C4A5D8E5D90CBE3C68A731492C21C47F/S205756372400018Xa.pdf/the-military-strategic-rationality-of-hybrid-warfare-everyday-total-defence-under-strategic-non-peace-in-the-case-of-sweden.pdf
Source reliability
C
Info credibility
3
Event time
Jan 1, 2015, 00:00 UTC
Event time confidence
unknown
Location
Land
Primary actor
Swedish Defence University
Country
Sweden
Countries
Sweden
Tags
hybrid warfare, total defense, Sweden, strategic non-peace, civil liberties
Signal
Submitted
Feb 1, 2026, 00:14 UTC
Sweden is implementing a total defense strategy to counter hybrid warfare threats, reflecting a shift in military-strategic rationality since 2015.
This article analyzes Sweden's transition towards a total defense strategy in response to hybrid warfare threats, emphasizing a shift from traditional military preparedness to a societal mobilization against ambiguous hybrid attacks. The study highlights the risks of undermining democratic principles and civil liberties while addressing daily threats from hybrid warfare.
Confidence: High
The article describes Sweden's proactive approach to counter hybrid threats, indicating both aggressor actions by adversarial actors and defensive strategies by Sweden.
Source URL
https://cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C4A5D8E5D90CBE3C68A731492C21C47F/S205756372400018Xa.pdf/the-military-strategic-rationality-of-hybrid-warfare-everyday-total-defence-under-strategic-non-peace-in-the-case-of-sweden.pdf
Source reliability
C
Info credibility
3
Event time
Jan 1, 2015, 00:00 UTC
Event time confidence
unknown
Location
Land
Primary actor
Swedish Defence University
Country
Sweden
Countries
Sweden
Tags
hybrid warfare, total defense, Sweden, strategic non-peace, civil liberties