文档介绍：Table of Contents
List of Figures 2
List of Tables 2
Executive Summary 3
Introduction 14
Strategic Framework to Counter Hybrid Action 15
Scope of the Framework: Beyond Deterrence as a Catch-All Term 15
A Framework of Strategies 18
Vertical Escalation: Five Levels on the Escalation Ladder 22
Horizontal Escalation: the DIMEL Domains 23
Concrete Measures for Strategies In DIMEL domains 27
Diplomatic Domain 27
Information Domain 29
Information Content 29
Information Infrastructure (Cyber Domain) 33
Military Domain 37
Economic Domain 39
Legal Domain 41
From Single Domain To Cross-Domain Strategies: Issues to Consider 43
Cost-Benefit Assessment 43
Cross-Domain Orchestration Assessment 44
Proportionality Assessment 44
Signaling Assessment 45
Legal and Normative Frameworks Assessment 45
Insights for the HCDS Game 46
Conclusion 47
Bibliography 49
List of Figures
Figure 1: Strategies and an escalation ladder 6
Figure 2: Cross-domain escalation 7
Figure 3: Combining instruments of power in hybrid conflict 8
Figure 4: Intrinsic horizontal escalation hierarchy of the DIMEL domains 9
List of Tables
Table 1 A framework of strategies 4
Table 2 From Single Domain to Cross-Domain: Issues to Consider 12
Table 3 A framework of strategies 18
Table 4 Diplomatic measures 28
Table 5 Information (content) measures 32
Table 6 Cyber measures 36
Table 7 Military measures 38
Table 8 Economic measures 40
Table 9 Legal measures 42
Table 10 Five kinds of assessment in the formulation, selection and execution of
cross-domain strategies 47
Executive Summary
The Netherlands, together with likewise partners in its network of alliances, requires a strategic posture in an era of hybrid conflict. A strategic posture refers to the set of dominant strategies that make up a state’s security policy to achieve a set of objectives. It is guided by an overarching purpose and objectives (ends)