Modern War and Grey Zones

‘This book went the extra mile of applying military design thinking to prevent getting caught in simple but uncomplex solutions. I can recommend reading this book because it provides two essential realizations, the Grey Zone is real and to explore it sucessfully, we have to use a new different skills and thinking.’ Sönke Marahrens, Director COI Strategy and Defense at the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats ‘Competition between collectivities that perceive reality in a different ways, especially in Grey Zones, is part of everyday life and small incidents can turn into armed conflicts. This book significantly contributes to a better understanding of the processes in Grey Zones in risk society, and therefore I highly recommend it to readers.’ Kire Sharlamanov, Professor of Sociology at the International Balkan University in Skopje, North Macedonia. Editor of the Journal of Law and Politics and Sociology. ‘Engaging, timely, and deeply important. This book is a wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and invaluable resource for analyzing war and conflict in the modern era. The Editors and Authors are an impressive, international array of scholars and practitioners who present a well-curated and coherent approach to many of the thorniest quandaries of international security.’ Richard A. Lacquement, Jr., Colonel, United States Army (retired) ‘This book provides an overview of the contours of contemporary conflict in the Grey Zone. Its editors, Marzena Żakowska and David Last, bring together a cosmopolitan set of Authors to explore a range of Grey Zone threats and potential approaches to managing global war and conflict in order to sustain society, states, and the global commons they depend upon.’ John P. Sullivan, Instructor at the Safe Communities Institute at the University of Southern California and a Research Fellow at the Future Security Initiative at Arizona State University ‘This book is a critical and timely contribution to the study of contemporary conflicts and hybrid threats. Marzena Żakowska and David Last offer a comprehensive and thoughtful approach to navigating the complexities of the grey zone for small states. The depth of analysis provided by the authors makes this an essential read for policymakers, military strategists, and academics alike.’ Omar Oscar Ashour, Professor of Security & Military Studies, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and the Director of the Strategic Studies Unit at the Centre for Research and Policy Studies, Qatar