CDSn4104 Hybrid Warfare

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jakub Drmola, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miloš Gregor, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Miloš Gregor, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 P22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to explore the emergence of the concept of hybrid warfare, its evolution through historical perspective, and its characteristic features. In the first part of the course, we will focus on information warfare and specifically also on propaganda. In the second part of the course, students will learn about current strategies, diffusion of battlespace and its expansion into cyberspace, which plays increasingly important part in conflicts today. This includes threats of cyber-espionage, sabotage and hacktivism, their associated actors and common attack vectors.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to explain what is hybrid warfare, information warfare and propaganda; demonstrate it on examples and they will be able to identify them. They will be able also design strategies of hybrid warfare.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction 2) History of propaganda 3) Manipulative techniques of propaganda 4) Case studies of propaganda 5) Conceptualization of information warfare 6) Conceptualization of hybrid warfare 7) Historical perspective of asymmetric warfare 8)Cyber warfare I 9) Cyber warfare II 10) Seminar session I 11) Seminar session II
Literature
    required literature
  • Tenenbaum, E. (2015): "Hybrid Warfare in the Strategic Spectrum: An Historical Assessment," in Guillaume Lasconjarias and Jeffery A. Larsen, eds. NATO's Response to Hybrid Threats. Rome: NATO Defense College. ISBN: 9788896898123. Pages 95-112.
  • O`Shaughnessy, N. J. (2004): Politics and Propaganda. Weapons of Mass Seduction. Manchester: Manchester University Press. (pp. 1-140)
  • Ring, T. (2015): Russian Information Operations and the Rise of the Global Internet. Washington: University of Washington. (35 pages)
  • Singer, P.W., Friedman, A. (2014): Cybersecurity and Cyberwar. What everyone needs to know. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199918119. Pages 12-165.
Teaching methods
lectures, seminar work (work in groups)
Assessment methods
Students will receive a final letter grade (A-F) based on the following components: 1) Seminar work (40 points) 2) Final written test (60 points) Minimum of 60 points is needed to pass the course.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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