Russian Influence in the Czech Republic as a Grey Zone Case Study

In recent years, the concept of grey zone has been popularised to analyse the activities a State can use to influence the decisions and to limit the strategic choices of another State below the threshold of war. This article presents a case study, aimed at verifying if the Russian activities in the...

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Autores principales:	Baqués-Quesada Josep, Colom-Piella Guillem
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Lenguaje:	CS EN SK
Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	grey zone hybrid threat russia czech republic political influence disinformation active measures Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ea4be981fe8d46c2969505c061e0ad7d2021-12-02T16:39:06ZRussian Influence in the Czech Republic as a Grey Zone Case Study1801-342210.2478/pce-2021-0002https://doaj.org/article/ea4be981fe8d46c2969505c061e0ad7d2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2021-0002https://doaj.org/toc/1801-3422In recent years, the concept of grey zone has been popularised to analyse the activities a State can use to influence the decisions and to limit the strategic choices of another State below the threshold of war. This article presents a case study, aimed at verifying if the Russian activities in the Czech Republic may constitute a grey zone. The paper commences by introducing the concept of the grey zone and developing the appropriate theoretical framework to identify its main characteristics. It continues by examining the Russian influence in the Czech Republic by using open sources, local sources and documents from the Czech intelligence services. It concludes by asserting that the analysed case meets most of the requirements to classify it as a ‘limited grey zone’. This new theoretical development may help to assess similar situations that may occur in this or other nations.Baqués-Quesada JosepColom-Piella GuillemSciendoarticlegrey zonehybrid threatrussiaczech republicpolitical influencedisinformationactive measuresPolitical scienceJCSENSKPolitics in Central Europe, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 29-56 (2021)
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description	In recent years, the concept of grey zone has been popularised to analyse the activities a State can use to influence the decisions and to limit the strategic choices of another State below the threshold of war. This article presents a case study, aimed at verifying if the Russian activities in the Czech Republic may constitute a grey zone. The paper commences by introducing the concept of the grey zone and developing the appropriate theoretical framework to identify its main characteristics. It continues by examining the Russian influence in the Czech Republic by using open sources, local sources and documents from the Czech intelligence services. It concludes by asserting that the analysed case meets most of the requirements to classify it as a ‘limited grey zone’. This new theoretical development may help to assess similar situations that may occur in this or other nations.
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Russian Influence in the Czech Republic as a Grey Zone Case Study

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