Revisionist state and non-state actors continue to challenge international order and stability, utilizing a range of ever-evolving hybrid threats in order to weaken and undermine their adversaries. This workshop is the third in a series of events aimed at sharing international experiences and best practices in countering these threats, with this iteration emphasizing “Whole of Society Resilience to Hybrid Threats: The Role of Civil Preparedness.”

Objectives:

• Enhance deterrence by strengthening alliances and building partner capacity and resilience against hybrid threats and coercion by revisionist authoritarian powers and malign actors.
• Exchange lessons learned and best practices in civil preparedness in the Indo-Pacific and Europe as a means of building whole-of-society resilience against hybrid threats.
• Strengthen connections between likeminded allies and partners, and identify opportunities for expanded cross-sectoral and international cooperation.

Useful Resources

Exercises:

• Civil Preparedness & Hybrid Threats TTX

Presentations:

• Dr. David Kilcullen - WoSR '25 Presentation

Polling (click to access folder)

Daily Takeaways (click to access folder)

Articles and Analysis:

• Best Practices in the whole-of-society approach in countering hybrid threats
• Rebuilding Total Defense in a Globalized, Deregulated Economy
• Singapore’s ‘Total Defence’ Strategy 
• National Resilience: Lessons for Australian Policy from International Experience 
• Mobilisation and Australia’s National Resilience
• Do Total Defense Strategies Increase State Resiliency? 

Civil Preparedness Leaflets:

• What to do in a Crisis Situation. Be Prepared! [Estonia] 
• 72 Hours. What to do in Case of a Crisis [Latvia] 
• Prepare to Survive Emergencies and War: A Cheerful Take on Serious Recommendations [Lithuania] 
• Civil Defence Emergency Handbook [Singapore] 
• In Case of Crisis or War [Sweden] 
• All Out Defense Contingency Handbook [Taiwan]