Was ist Schattenkrieg? Russlands neue hybride Kriegsführung

Submission Statement: Russia does not view conflict through a binary war-peace lens. In the Kremlin’s worldview, the war in Ukraine, covert operations in Europe, and the repression of dissidents abroad are not separate efforts. They are fluid fronts in a single existential struggle. 
 
That outlook has deep roots in Soviet-era concepts of permanent confrontation, in which conflict is not an exception to normal politics. It is its organizing principle. Understanding that is the first step toward responding to it effectively.