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Indian general likens social network warfare to ancient Kautilya classic
Rumors spread online from Pakistan have caused panic in northeast India, prompting a retired Indian general to liken the tactic to a political warfare tactic described in an ancient Hindu text. The rumors build on social tensions caused by unchecked …
Why all the hostility against investigating Muslim Brotherhood penetration of the US government?
The United States government is the world's #1 target of foreign influence operations, as I teach in my graduate course on foreign propaganda. So it is only proper that
New professional advancement for security strategists – Still time to sign up
National security professionals: Want to jump-start your career by sharpening your strategic thinking? There's still time to sign up for an intensive program that I'm directing at the Institute
Catch-and-release: US tactical game with Taliban won’t produce a strategic victory
From the initial reports, it looks like another case of mirror-imaging, in which we think the enemy sees and understands things the same way we do. The Washington Post
IO Class 12 – Red teaming information warfare
This class will be to "red team" the United States on information warfare. The session won't be a simulation exercise, but more of a conversation in taking the
IO Class 10 – Awesome guest lecturer, plus practical issues
This week our Information Warfare class has a change in the syllabus, with a guest lecture from special operations veteran Joel Harding (http://twitter.com/#!/joel_harding). Mr Harding is one of
IO Class 9 – Information warfare of others
For the week of Class 9, we will look at information operations and information warfare as practiced by others. First we'll take a look at multinational considerations of
USA Today: “US ‘info ops’ programs dubious, costly”
USA Today runs a lengthy front-page story February 29 about information operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that report is damning. I won't summarize it here, but will encourage
Spy hunter says WikiLeaks should be treated as espionage case
(My article reposted from BigPeace.com) One of the nation’s highest-ranking former spy hunters says that the individuals responsible for the theft and publication of tens of thousands of
How to stop terrorist TV from trumping military information ops
While the Israel Defense Forces released its video quickly about the armed jihadist mobs who attacked Israeli commandos aboard the blockade-breaking Hamas ship, its speed was good in
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