Winning without fighting? Why China is exploring 'cognitive warfare.'
The term refers to operations based on tech such as AI aimed at influencing the minds of adversaries, thereby creating a strategically favorable environment.
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“Cognitive Warfare”: The Advent of the Concept of “Cognitics” in the Field of Warfare.
ensc; nato act
Cognitive Warfare is now at work in modern conflicts. This article aims to give a definition by distinguishing cognitive warfare from the simple field of psychological operations, have a part concerns the CW, and operations in the fields of information and cy…
View full recordAgent Cluster Based on Adaptive Mechanism in Mosaic Warfare
proceedings of the 34th chinese control and decision conference ccdc 2022
The battlefield environment under the information warfare is complex and changeable. In order to solve the problem that communication is easily interfered and the combat interaction is not accurate enough in mosaic warfare, the adaptive mechanism is introduce…
View full recordAnalysis and Response Strategy of Cross-Community Rumors Using Mixed Multilayer Method for Enterprise Cyber Warriors
ieee access
In the age of information explosion, it is easy for people to receive many messages, and it is difficult to verify the authenticity of each message. Therefore, people often quickly and forward the acquired information and share anonymous information, rather t…
View full recordAnomalous Health Incidents of the Havana Syndrome: Implications and Lessons for Global Biosecurity and Defense
georgetown university
Last week, the United States Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released the Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community. [1] The report noted that, "global shortcomings in preparedness for…biosecurity may inspire some advers…
View full recordChina and Cognitive Warfare: Why Is the West Losing?
uc louvain
In recent years, we have seen the return of competition between the great powers. To counter the United States in particular and the West in general, the Chinese are applying hybrid warfare. Even though no direct military confrontation with the West has occur…
View full recordChinese environmental activism and the environmental politics of rumors
political geography
Rumors are an important yet poorly understood dynamic in environmental politics, particularly regarding their role in environmental activism. Drawing on theories of rumors, environmental information governance, and environmental activism, we analyzed the eco-…
View full recordCognitive Domain: A Sixth Domain of Operations
ensc
Reflections on the extension of the areas of War to a sixth "Human" dimension and in particular "Human Cognition", alongside the Earth, Sea, Air, Space, and Cyber dimensions.
View full recordCognitive Security and Emotional Warfare: The Science and Practice for Understanding, Analyzing and Preventing the Spread of Violent Extremism in the CENTCOM AOR
the great power competition volume 2 contagion effect strategic competition in the covid-19 era
Non-state armed groups, violent extremist and criminal organizations have been able to resist the most lethal campaigns mounted against them by international coalitions of advanced state armies because of their seemingly endless supply of recruits. Traditiona…
View full recordCognitive Warfare - Preface By the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
nato act
Exploiting the flaws of human nature to better target the minds of individuals is not a new idea. The maneuver of influence and deception has always been part of the art of war. Sun Tzu already underlined the importance of the psychological factor in his time…
View full recordCognitive Warfare and C2 (Command and Control)
ensc; nato-act
The document presents the slides presented by the authors at the 2nd Scientific and Strategic Workshop on “Cognitive Warfare”: Operationalizing the Concept of Cognitive Warfare held in the US Military Academy of West Point - March 4, 2022. It presents the dif…
View full recordCognitive Warfare, a Battle for the Brain
nato act
With the growing role of technology and information overload, individual cognitive abilities will no longer be sufficient to ensure an informed and timely decision-making, leading to the new concept of Cognitive Warfare, which has become a recurring term in m…
View full recordCognitive Warfare: Contribution of the French Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Defence
ema - etat major des armées - france
If we take the neuroscientist James Giordano’s quote literally, then the cognitive field must be one of our priorities, in terms of research but also for the conduct of our operations. The intensification of rivalries between powers translates, along a contin…
View full recordCognitive Warfare: The Future of Cognitive Dominance.
nato-act
Proceedings of the First NATO scientific meeting on Cognitive Warfare (France) ‒ 21 June 2021.Symposium organized by the Innovation Hub of NATO-ACT and ENSC,with the support of the French Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Defence,the NATO Science and Technology Or…
View full recordCountering Violent Extremism through Narrative Building in Pakistan
islamic studies
An analytical study of violent extremism reveals that criminal law’s deterrence theory is ineffective in curbing irrational behaviours of ideologically disoriented men. Such behaviours are mostly the outcomes of circumstances where subjectivities of hate, fea…
View full recordCyber Cognitive Warfare as an Emerging New War Domain and Its Strategies and Tactics
korean journal of defense analysis
Cognitive warfare has become the crucial war domain that determines the outcome of modern wars. Joseph Nye pointed out, “in today’s war, it is not whose army wins, but whose story wins,” emphasizing the importance of narratives to occupy human minds and heart…
View full recordDeveloping a NATO Intermediate Force Capabilities Concept
connections
NATO faces a military problem: adversaries are undertaking acts of aggression that deliberately stay below the lethal force threshold or that ensure a lethal response from NATO incurring costs—undesired escalation, risks of collateral damage including civilia…
View full recordDISARM: A Framework for Analysis of Disinformation Campaigns
proceedings - 2022 ieee international conference on cognitive and computational aspects of situation management cogsima 2022
State actors, private influence operators and grassroots groups are exploiting the openness and reach of the Internet to manipulate populations at a distance. They are extending a decades-long struggle for 'hearts and minds' via propaganda, influence operatio…
View full recordHow China's Cognitive Warfare Works: A Frontline Perspective of Taiwan's Anti-Disinformation Wars
journal of global security studies
Cognitive warfare-controlling others' mental states and behaviors by manipulating environmental stimuli-is a significant and ever-evolving issue in global conflict and security, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. In this article, we aim to contribute to t…
View full recordHybrid Warfare and the Need for Intermediate Force Capabilities
connections
NATO is faced with adversaries undertaking acts of aggression that deliberately stay below the lethal force threshold or aim to trigger a lethal response from NATO and incur costs to the Alliance such as undesired escalation, risks of collateral damage, inclu…
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