'This book provides invaluable insights into the nature of modern conflict, particularly within the context of Grey Zone warfare. The Editors and Contributors masterfully combine theory and practice, offering innovative solutions for small states facing asymmetric threats. Modern War and Grey Zones: Design for Small States is an essential contribution to contemporary defense and security studies. It’s an indispensable source of knowledge for enhancing collective defense within NATO and the European Union.'General Słwomir Wojciechowski, PhD, Polish Military Representative to NATO and EU Committees'This book provides a comprehensive and much-needed examination of modern conflict, with a particular focus on small states navigating the grey zone. Modern War and Grey Zones: Design for Small States is essential reading for anyone involved in crisis response and strategic planning. Its practical approaches to managing hybrid threats and fostering institutional resilience make it an invaluable resource for security professionals across Europe and beyond.'Evgenia Karatari, Deputy Head of Division, EU Situation Room, Crisis Response Centre (CRC), European External Action Service'Modern War and Grey Zone: Design for Small States addresses one of the most pressing issues in contemporary warfare: how smaller nations can confront and counteract the subtle, multifaceted threats of hybrid warfare. Through rigorous analysis and case studies, this book lays out strategic solutions that are both innovative and realistic. It’s a must-read for anyone concerned with national security and defense in today’s evolving global environment, which is full of hybrid warfare.'Larry P. Goodson, PhD, Professor of Middle East Studies, US Army War College, General Dwight D. Eisenhower Chair of National Security (2004–2007, 2014–2017)'Marzena Żkowska and David Last have edited an impressive collection that brings together leading experts to explore the complex dimensions of modern warfare, with a particular focus on Grey Zones and hybrid threats. Through its comprehensive structure, spanning topics from environmental insecurity and cybersecurity to violent nonstate actors and crisis management, the Volume offers both theoretical insights and practical approaches. This work is a critical resource for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers seeking to understand and address the multifaceted challenges of contemporary conflict.'Mikael Weissmann, Associate Professor of War Studies, the Deputy Head of the Land Operations Division at the Swedish Defence University’ Department of War Studies (IKV), and the co-convenor of the Hybrid Threats Research Group (HTRG) and the Land Warfare Research Group (LWRG)'This book goes the extra mile by applying military design thinking to lead readers beyond simplistic solutions towards more nuanced and thoughtful ones. I highly recommend reading this book because provides two essential realizations: the Grey Zone is real and to explore it successfully, we have to use new skills and thinking.'Söke Marahrens, Director of COI Strategy and Defense at the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats 'Competition between collectivities that perceive reality in 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‑anging, thought‑rovoking, 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‑urated and coherent approach to many of the thorniest quandaries of international security.”Richard A. Lacquement, Jr., Colonel, United States Army (retired)'This book is a critical and timely contribution to the study of contemporary conflicts and hybrid threats. Marzena Żkowska 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 'This book provides an overview of the contours of contemporary conflict in the Grey Zone. Its editors, Marzena Żkowska 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
