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The Semantics of Defeat: Strategic Language Obscures Continuous Conflict

Yazan Issa
9 February 2026clockLong Read
Western strategic language has seemingly evolved. In reality this evolution is illusory

Western strategic language has seemingly evolved. In reality this evolution is illusory. Courtesy of Feng Yu/Adobe Stock

At a recent international security conference, a retired British general opened with a candid admission: he hated the term ‘hybrid war’.

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