Hybrid Warfare and Civil-Military Relations /

Civil-military relations in the context of principal-agent model The relationship between civilians and the military is demanding in any society. [...] This creates a particular tension between the interest of civilians to remain the foci of political authority in the land and devolving significant powers to the military. [...] Principal-agent relations are in equilibrium when the cost associated with monitoring the military is relatively low and when the military estimates the probability of penalty to be relatively high. [...] For example, we can think of the mismanagement of military procurement in Canada, such as the shipbuilding project or the selection of the F-35 under the Harper government, where military officials skewed the evaluation processes in order to force the government’s hand in selecting specific platforms. [...] Especially in the context of a democratic society where governments need to sell a military intervention to the public, the fuzziness of hybrid warfare activates and nourishes endless public debate and Hybrid Warfare and Civil-Military Relations Page 3 by Jean-Christophe Boucher December 2017 Hybrid Warfare and Civil-Military Relations ultimately hinders effective decision-making by civilian autho