Compilation military Strategies for Future Wars with Focus on Hybrid Warfare

Abstract

Hybrid Warfare includes a wide range of different types of wars such as common abilities, disordered strategies, excessive violence, and criminal disturbances which are coordinated by governments. The main purpose of this paper is to provide the micro and macro strategies of the possible future wars, with the emphasis on Hybrid warfare. This study has been done with the mixed method (descriptive and analytic method and grounded theory) and it is developmental-practical kind. Data were collected by field research. The statistical population includes 47 people which has been analyzed by practice research method. 10 cases of strength, 8 cases of weakness, 5 cases of opportunity, and 5 cases of threat were found. According to the acquired strategic position, the condition of Armed forces of Islamic Republic of Iran is favorable in possible future war and they are positioned in the first quarter, which is the path of small invasion. According to SWOT model, there were 7 micro strategies that after compounding with the 5 strategic, fundamental and important features of future war, 4 macro strategies were extracted and finally 10 proper suggestions are provided. Two scenarios (the first and the fourth ones) were conceived for Iran from the four predicted ones: The combination of remote control and Swamp wars.