BU academic submits evidence to UK Parliament鈥檚 Select Defence Committee
Evidence on Russia鈥檚 hybrid war and its implications for UK defence, written by a 天美传媒 (BU) academic and his collaborator Brigadier (Rtd) Anthony Paphiti, former ALS officer, has been submitted to the UK Parliament鈥檚 Select Defence Committee.
The paper, which outlines the concept of hybrid warfare and discusses the vulnerabilities arising from the treat of Russia鈥檚 potential use of such a mode of war, was submitted to the Committee as it looks to analyse Russian defence policy and its implications on UK defence and security.
Dr Sascha-Dominik Bachmann, Associate Professor in Law at BU, co-authored the paper and said, 鈥淩ussia鈥檚 illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its open support of the separatists in the bloody conflict taking place in Eastern Ukraine since 2015 together with the global war against ISIL/Daesh in Iraq and Syria have brought a new terminus of conflict terminology into our dictionary: the term of Hybrid War. A particular focus is on 鈥榣awfare鈥� that is the use of law to achieve military and political objectives.鈥�
It is hoped that the acceptance of this paper will pave the way for the team to be invited to give oral evidence on the subject or continue to support the Select Defence Committee moving forward.
Dr Bachmann concluded, 鈥淲e are very pleased to see our work being used in this way as it highlights the importance of collaborations across academic disciplines in attracting an interest from policy makers, the military and the security industry.鈥�
