This article will examine hybridity as it relates to three different spheres of influence within the operational environment. Firstly, experts increasingly focus on today’s hybrid threats often stemming from radically inspired terrorism. Secondly, whole of government efforts to stabilize and reconstruct failing or failed states may also be characterized as a hybrid response to such threats — interagency approaches, supported by the military. Thirdly, and the major focus of this article, context will be explored as it relates to the public space of operations where civilian populations and their governments co-exist, while operations are conducted and concluded.

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