Hybrid Warfare in Vietnam: THE U.S. AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE SUCCESS AGAINST THE VIET CONG INSURGENCY

In the past decades, most conformist studies dedicated to the Vietnam War were overly critical of the U.S. military’s so-called reliance on conventional warfare in a country deemed to be plagued by an insurgency. Counterinsurgency programs were labeled weak and powerless to shift the Americans’ momentum against the Viet Cong, which outsmarted the U.S. military. This article opposes these theories and suggests that by 1969, the U.S. force’s reliance on conventional warfare against the guerrillas progressively morphed into a strategy that fully supported the military’s counterinsurgency initiatives. Vietnam was a hybrid warfare theater, which required the Americans to fight both the Viet Cong guerrillas and Hanoi’s conventional forces. Through the analysis of U.S. and Communist documents, this study suggests that the Americans succeeded in offsetting the Communists’ tactical approach to hybrid warfare. As they skillfully synchronized regular warfare with counterinsurgency, the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces succeeded in defeating the Viet Cong insurgency by the spring of 1972.

The Limitation of United States Deterrence Strategy Towards North Korean Cyber Attacks

This paper tries to discuss the development of cyberwar that threatens many countries by referring to the example of the North Korean cyberattack against the United States (US). Cyberattack is a relatively new phenomenon that many countries have not been able to anticipate adequately because it is difficult to track it down and also find the actors behind it. So far, countries have frequently accused each other of these attacks, but it is difficult to retaliate or anticipate due to unclear evidence. Unlike conventional warfare, no cyberattack warfare norms have been developed nor have there been any attempts in that direction. One thing that can be done in such a condition is the development of technology that is not only able to ward off the attack but, as stated in the theory of deterrence, can also provide a deterrent effect on the attacking country. By referring to the case of North Korea's attack on the US, we see that even a country as great as the US has not been able to develop a successful deterrence.Keywords: deterrence, cyberspace, cybersecurity, United States, North KoreaTulisan ini membahas mengenai perkembangan perang siber yang menjadi ancaman utama bagi banyak negara hari ini, dengan focus pada serangan siber Korea Utara kepada Amerika Serikat(AS). Serangan siber merupakan fenomena yang relative baru, sehingga banyak negara belum mampu untuk mengantisipasi hal tersebut karena sifatnya yang susah untuk dilacak dan susah untuk mengetahui actor dibalik serangan tersebut. Sejauh ini negara tertentu seringkali dituduh menjadi dalang serangan siber, namun bukti yang seringkali tidak jelas membuat langkah antisipasi atau retaliasi menjadi sulit. Berbeda dengan perang konvensional, hingga saat ini belum ada norma serangan siber yang terbangun, bahkan pembicaraan mengenai hal tersebut cenderung minim. Sejalan dengan hal itu maka dalam perang siber dibutuhkan pengembangan tekonologi yang tidak hanya mampu untuk menangkal serangan tapi juga memberikan efek deterrence bagi negara penyerang. Dengan merujuk pada kasus serangan siber Korea Utara kepada Amerika Serikat, kita dapat melihat bahwa negara sekuat Amerika sekalipun ternyata belum mampu membuat mekanisme deterrence dalam serangan siber.Kata-kata kunci: Deterrence, Ruang Siber, Keamanan Siber, Amerika Serikat, Korea Utara.

Dispersal, Concentration and Defence

Chapter 5 theorises the ubiquitous dispersing effects of spacepower upon Earth, which continues a longer-term trend in military capabilities. It is through exploiting and challenging the dispersing power from commanding this coastline of Earth orbit that we can integrate the real consequences of spacepower into thinking on grand strategy and international security on Earth itself. Satellite constellations are dispersed and enable the dispersion of networked terrestrial military units without losing cohesion or combat power when coupled with precision-strike weapons. This also imposes dispersion on enemy forces and changes the terms under which concentration can still be achieved in conventional warfare in the 21st century.