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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">lasr</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">1648-8024</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">1648-8024</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>LKA</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">LASR1601123</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2478/lasr-2018-0006</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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        <article-title>Hybrid Threats: Analysis of Content, Challenges Posed and Measures to Overcome</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Bajarūnas</surname>
            <given-names>Eitvydas</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:eitvydas.bajarunas@urm.lt">eitvydas.bajarunas@urm.lt</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_lasr_aff_000"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_lasr_aff_000">General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Keršanskas</surname>
            <given-names>Vytautas</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:vytautas.kersanskas@eesc.lt">vytautas.kersanskas@eesc.lt</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_lasr_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_lasr_aff_001">General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>16</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>123</fpage>
      <lpage>170</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>09</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2018</year>
      </pub-date>
      <abstract>
        <p>The study analyses, in both theoretical and practical aspects, the topic of hybrid warfare and threats that have become particularly relevant after Russia’s war in Ukraine. First, the authors examine the theoretical debates, concerning the definition of hybrid threats by singling out its main elements and estimating, on their basis, the definitions used by the European Union and NATO. Second, on the grounds of examples of the Baltic states and specifically of Lithuania, the article presents practical challenges related to hybrid threats and posed by Russia. Finally, the study surveys the decisions taken during recent years at the level of Lithuania, the European Union, and NATO with the exception of essential measures in fighting against hybrid threats.</p>
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