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This book explores the challenges small states face in navigating the complexities of modern warfare, particularly within the ambiguous Grey Zones where the boundaries between peace and conflict blur. The book addresses the multifaceted challenges of policy, strategy, operations, and tactics, providing valuable insights into how small states can deter and manage violence. It highlights the vital role of international organizations, alliance-building, cyber operations, information warfare, lawfare, and the balance of power. Additionally, it tackles the issue of strengthening state security and fostering social cohesion in the face of Grey Zone threats. A distinctive feature of the book is the inclusion of innovative design problems developed to assist small states in navigating complex security landscapes with both practical and strategic approaches. This book will be essential reading for security practitioners and military professionals and of great interest to students of security studies, defence studies and International Relations.

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‘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

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Marzena Żakowska is an assistant professor and lecturer at the National Security Faculty of the War Studies University, Warsaw, Poland. She has published books and articles on armed conflict, mediation, hybrid threats, migration issues, Balkan security, and social security issues. David Last has been teaching at the Royal Military College of Canada and the Canadian Forces College since 1999. He has authored or edited eight books and over eighty articles and chapters on peacekeeping, conflict management, professional military education, and special operations.

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