In a valuable essay, intelligence analyst Darren E. Tromblay fleshed out concepts of “hybrid warfare” by describing four paradigms – “nullification of political actors,” “assistance to anti-government movements,” “appearing to fill needs / wants that the U.S. government cannot,” and “fomenting distrust of the U.S. policymaking process, in order to sap its legitimacy.” This gist includes the sections of Tromblay’s article that addressed the latter. He recalled many instances of Soviet disinformation.
