Pieter Zhao
@pieterzhao.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam | IWI Fellow | History, International Relations and Geopolitics, particularly in Maritime Domain | MA in International Security @SciencesPo & JohnsHopkinsSAIS | MA Global History @EUR | Rotterdammer
Do you think policymakers take these lessons seriously?
Should navies continue or expand delegating irregular tasks to civilian or hybrid forces?
Curious what others in #MaritimeSecurity & #IrregularWarfare think.
Should navies continue or expand delegating irregular tasks to civilian or hybrid forces?
Curious what others in #MaritimeSecurity & #IrregularWarfare think.
September 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Do you think policymakers take these lessons seriously?
Should navies continue or expand delegating irregular tasks to civilian or hybrid forces?
Curious what others in #MaritimeSecurity & #IrregularWarfare think.
Should navies continue or expand delegating irregular tasks to civilian or hybrid forces?
Curious what others in #MaritimeSecurity & #IrregularWarfare think.
History demonstrates that non-traditional threats shape strategy, readiness, and legitimacy — both in the past and in the present.
Hybrid solutions aren’t just historical quirks; they offer lessons for today’s maritime security challenges.
Hybrid solutions aren’t just historical quirks; they offer lessons for today’s maritime security challenges.
September 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
History demonstrates that non-traditional threats shape strategy, readiness, and legitimacy — both in the past and in the present.
Hybrid solutions aren’t just historical quirks; they offer lessons for today’s maritime security challenges.
Hybrid solutions aren’t just historical quirks; they offer lessons for today’s maritime security challenges.
Fast forward to today:
- Somali piracy (2000s/2010s)
- Red Sea/Houthi attacks (2020s)
- Private maritime security companies (PMSCs)
The trade-offs remain: who handles irregular threats when navies are stretched?
- Somali piracy (2000s/2010s)
- Red Sea/Houthi attacks (2020s)
- Private maritime security companies (PMSCs)
The trade-offs remain: who handles irregular threats when navies are stretched?
September 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Fast forward to today:
- Somali piracy (2000s/2010s)
- Red Sea/Houthi attacks (2020s)
- Private maritime security companies (PMSCs)
The trade-offs remain: who handles irregular threats when navies are stretched?
- Somali piracy (2000s/2010s)
- Red Sea/Houthi attacks (2020s)
- Private maritime security companies (PMSCs)
The trade-offs remain: who handles irregular threats when navies are stretched?
The Dutch faced dual pressures in Indonesia:
• Piracy & coastal raiding (irregular and non-traditional threats)
• Rival states in the region (traditional threats)
Their solution? A hybrid naval force: conventional units for major threats, semi-military local forces for irregular ones.
• Piracy & coastal raiding (irregular and non-traditional threats)
• Rival states in the region (traditional threats)
Their solution? A hybrid naval force: conventional units for major threats, semi-military local forces for irregular ones.
September 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Dutch faced dual pressures in Indonesia:
• Piracy & coastal raiding (irregular and non-traditional threats)
• Rival states in the region (traditional threats)
Their solution? A hybrid naval force: conventional units for major threats, semi-military local forces for irregular ones.
• Piracy & coastal raiding (irregular and non-traditional threats)
• Rival states in the region (traditional threats)
Their solution? A hybrid naval force: conventional units for major threats, semi-military local forces for irregular ones.