Geoeconomics: Krieg ohne Kriegserklärung – wir müssen uns endlich wehren
Ein Gegner führt seit vielen Jahren hybriden Krieg gegen uns. Das Ziel ist nicht der große, plötzliche Schlag. Das Ziel ist die langsame Schwächung unseres Staates. Ein Gastbeitrag.
Germany is being attacked. A bomb-carrying drone nearly caused a catastrophe at Leipzig/Halle Airport. Surveillance drones hover over Bundeswehr bases. Cables are severed. Ports are disrupted. Governments are hacked. Debates are deliberately poisoned. A foe has been waging a hybrid war against us for years, patient, precise, and calculated.
The goal is not the grand, sudden strike. The goal is the slow weakening of our state. We have long treated hybrid attacks like technical disruptions or isolated incidents, as problems for specialized departments. But to our adversary, they are systematic parts of a larger conflict. Russian General Staff Chief Valeri Gerassimov wrote 13 years ago about war without a declaration of war, escalation without open escalation, the destruction of state stability through political, economic, informational, and covert means, supported by limited military force.
Our foe thinks in impact. Our administration republic thinks in competencies. This makes us very vulnerable. Ultimately, we still only look behind us at what has happened, find everything terrible, and then get caught up in self-talk. Instead of acting, we discuss. Instead of acting, we endlessly weigh our options. The adversary is taking advantage.
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