title: Hybrid threats and comprehensive defence in small diverse societies
abstract: States that share borders with aggressive neighboring countries tend to rely on the comprehensive defence paradigm to deal with hybrid threats as well as conventional war. This presupposes a cohesive society and the public will to support defence architecture and be part of defence creation. Usually, in states with a comprehensive defence paradigm, societal cohesion and readiness to resist threats to sovereignty and welfare are expected to be very high. However, the diversification of societies,