{"id":12175,"date":"2015-12-15T17:40:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T16:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/new-research-division-publication-hybrid-warfare-iranian-and-russian-versions-of-little-green-men-and-contemporary-conflict\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:13:56","slug":"new-research-division-publication-hybrid-warfare-iranian-and-russian-versions-of-little-green-men-and-contemporary-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/new-research-division-publication-hybrid-warfare-iranian-and-russian-versions-of-little-green-men-and-contemporary-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research Division Publication &#8211; Hybrid Warfare: Iranian and Russian Versions of &#8220;Little Green Men&#8221; and Contemporary Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<ul class='list_homepage'>\n<li>\nResearch Paper 123: <a href='\/fr\/download\/downloads.php\/?icode=470' target='_blank' title=\"click to download (pdf)\"><br \/>\nHybrid Warfare: Iranian and Russian Versions of  &#038;quotLittle Green Men&quot; and Contemporary Conflict <\/a>, by Hall Gardner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><i>Dear Reader<\/i>,<br \/> <br \/>\nIran and Russian versions of &#8220;hybrid&#8221; or &#8220;non-linear&#8221; warfare in Iraq and eastern Ukraine have had much in common. Professor Hall Gardner, in his latest analyses published by the NATO Defense College, states that both Iranian and Russian strategies can be characterized as acts of preclusive  imperialism intended to establish new spheres of influence and regional security. Both states have begun to rely on the use of special forces, irregular militias and &#8220;little green men&#8221; in the context of &#8220;non-linear&#8221; or &#8220;hybrid&#8221; warfare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">While showing that the tactics of anti-state militias, as developed in large part by Iran, are increasingly being adopted by Russia as well, this essay also raises the question as to whether the illicit nature of &#8220;hybrid&#8221; warfare could actually inhibit the process of diplomatic compromise and make the possibilities of war between major powers more likely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">We hope you\u2019ll enjoy this analysis.<br \/> <br \/>\n<i>Regards,<br \/>\nJeff<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Jeffrey A. Larsen, PhD, Division Head Research<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><span class='np'><a href='\/fr\/research\/publications.php\/?icode=6' target='_blank'>More Research Division Publications&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Paper 123: Hybrid Warfare: Iranian and Russian Versions of &#038;quotLittle Green Men&quot; and Contemporary Conflict , by<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-12175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 11 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le d\u00e9cembre 15, 2015","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le d\u00e9cembre 15, 2015 17:40","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:13"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12175"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=12175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}