In hybrid influencing, hostile state or non-state actors deploy and combine a broad portfolio of means to interfere and covertly gain influence in the target state and society. Examples include the dissemination of disinformation, election interference, instrumentalized migration, and the exploitation of identity issues to drive wedges in societies.
Hybrid influencing is used in the priming or early phase of the escalation spectrum of hybrid threat activity, aiming to induce the target state to make decisions that benefit the aggressor.
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