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| 2025 |
Hybrid warfare
Pietrzak documents China's persistent use of hybrid and sharp strategies, specifically noting their deployment of sophisticated underwater submarine drones and reconnaissance flying objects to secure and pre-emptively claim territorial areas.
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| 2025 | Denmark rejoined MSIAC, renewing its commitment to the organization's mission of enhancing munitions safety through international collaboration. |
| 2024 | Christopher Hollands from the UK becomes Project Manager of PNIMIC/NIMIC/MSIAC. |
| 2024 | Daniel Pudlak from the United States succeeds Dr. Brian Fuchs as Chair of the NIMIC & MSIAC Steering Committee. |
| November 27 2024 |
Two-front war
A 60-day ceasefire agreement is reached between Israel and Lebanon, though both sides reportedly violate the terms.
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| October 1 2024 |
Two-front war
Israel invades Lebanon, escalating tensions in the region.
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| March 7 2024 |
Military doctrine
Sweden officially joins NATO, marking a major strategic shift in its military doctrine in response to changing geopolitical tensions with Russia.
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| 2023 |
Hybrid warfare
Bankov identifies China's unique approach to hybrid warfare, highlighting the country's distinctive strategies and traditions in conducting non-traditional military operations against Taiwan and in the South China Sea.
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| 2023 | Eran Ortal was replaced by Tat aluf (Brig. Gen.) as the new head of the Dado Center. |
| 2022 | Switzerland became a member of MSIAC, continuing the organization's expansion and strengthening its international cooperative framework. |
| February 24 2022 |
Total war
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, marking a contemporary example of total war with extensive military operations, national resource mobilization, and widespread societal engagement in the conflict.
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| 2021 |
Hybrid warfare
Belarus orchestrated illegal border crossings with migrants into Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, which were characterized as a hybrid warfare tactic aimed at destabilizing the European Union.
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| 2021 | Army General Valery Gerasimov assumed the presidency of the Academy of Military Sciences, succeeding Makhmut Gareev. |
| 2020 |
Civil control of the military
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley took extraordinary actions during the United States election crisis, including requiring subordinates to check with him before carrying out President Donald Trump's orders and calling the Chinese military commander to assure stability.
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| 2020 |
Body count
The term 'body count' gained increased popularity on TikTok as a slang term referring to the number of sexual partners a person has had, with users frequently asking strangers about their 'body count'.
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| 2019 |
Two-front war
CPEC shifts focus to its next phase of economic development, having successfully developed modern infrastructure within six years of its establishment.
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| 2019 |
Hybrid warfare
Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, accused the United States of conducting hybrid warfare against Iran and other countries.
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| 2019 | Eran Ortal took command of the Dado Center. |
| 2019 | Army General Makhmut Gareev passed away, ending his long-standing role as president of the Academy of Military Sciences. |
| 2019 | Charles Denham from the United States becomes Project Manager of PNIMIC/NIMIC/MSIAC. |
| 2018 |
Two-front war
An Indian army general warns that a war on multiple fronts is 'very much in the realm of reality', citing concerns about China and Pakistan's strategic commitments.
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| 2018 |
Hybrid warfare
Experts singled out Russia's use of private military contractors like the Wagner Group in the Syrian Civil War and Russo-Ukrainian War as a key component of hybrid warfare strategy, employing a combination of traditional combat, economic influence, cyber strategies, and disinformation attacks.
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| March 2018 |
Hybrid warfare
Michael Kofman, a senior research scientist, critiqued Western interpretations of hybrid warfare as an 'unintelligible reaction' to confronting a power capable of full-spectrum conflict.
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| 2017 |
Hybrid warfare
European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats was inaugurated, focusing on understanding and addressing hybrid threat methods and activities targeted at opponent vulnerabilities.
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| 2017 | Poland joined MSIAC, adding another nation to the project's growing network of international partners focused on munitions safety. |
| January 2017 |
Maritime security operations
San Diego Police Department (SDPD) conducted an undercover operation resulting in the arrest of 38 men involved in human trafficking.
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| 2016 | Dr. Brian Fuchs from the United States succeeds Lieutenant Colonel Tony Heron as Chair of the NIMIC & MSIAC Steering Committee. |
| February 2016 |
Hybrid warfare
General Philip Breedlove claimed in a US Senate hearing that Russia was using refugees as a strategic tool to weaken Europe, deliberately directing refugee influx to create economic and social destabilization.
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| February 10 2016 |
Hybrid warfare
Finnish Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö warned NATO Defence Ministers about the potential of Russia opening a second front, suggesting a possible influx of up to 1 million migrants across the Finnish-Russian border.
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| 2015 | Belgium became a member of MSIAC, further increasing the organization's international participation and knowledge-sharing capabilities. |
| June 2015 |
Maritime security operations
U.S. Coast Guard, in collaboration with the Canadian Navy, successfully intercepted 11,700 kilograms of cocaine off the coast of Central America during their tenth successful drug interdiction since October 2014. The USS Gary tailed and located a small coastal freighter, launching a small boat to recover suspicious contraband discarded by the crew.
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| 2014 |
Hybrid warfare
Russian involvement in Ukraine exemplified hybrid warfare, with Russia using a combination of conventional and irregular methods while denying direct involvement in the conflict.
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| 2014 | Yoram Hamo was succeeded by a new commander. |
| 2014 | Lieutenant Colonel Tony Heron from Canada succeeds Group Captain Wade Evans as Chair of the NIMIC & MSIAC Steering Committee. |
| February 2014 |
Military doctrine
Russia annexes Crimea, which sparks a significant shift in Swedish military thinking about national defense and potential external threats.
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| 2013 |
Two-front war
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) established, initiating a series of high-profile infrastructure development projects in Pakistan.
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| 2013 | Dr. Michael W. Sharp from the UK becomes Project Manager of PNIMIC/NIMIC/MSIAC. |
| 2011 |
Hybrid warfare
US Army formally defined hybrid threat as a 'diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces, criminal elements, or a combination of these forces and elements all unified to achieve mutually benefiting effects'.
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| 2011 | Brig. Gen. Brun was replaced by Yoram Hamo as the head of the Dado Center. |
| 2011 | Group Captain Wade Evans from Australia succeeds Dr. Jerry Ward as Chair of the NIMIC & MSIAC Steering Committee. |
| 2010 | Roger L. Swanson from the United States becomes Project Manager of PNIMIC/NIMIC/MSIAC. |
| June 2010 |
Civil control of the military
Barack Obama accepted General Stanley McChrystal's resignation after a Rolling Stone article was published with McChrystal mocking members of the Obama administration.
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