Into the grey zone: how the US could change the game with China and Russia

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Washington should take more aggressive “grey-zone” strategies – warfare just short of armed conflict - to tackle China and Russia, according to a group of US military strategists including former defence chief Chuck Hagel.

In recommendations published by US think tank the Atlantic Council last month, the strategists said China and Russia had conducted unconventional offensives against the US, including online cyberattacks, and misinformation and disinformation campaigns.