Along with other Russian instruments of power, the concept of information warfare has become the subject of sudden intense interest in the West since the start of the crisis over Ukraine in 2014. However, also in common with aspects of Russian power which had been largely disregarded since the end of the Soviet Union, it is by no means a new phenomenon. Instead, it reflects enduring principles of the Russian approach to ...Read more >

In carrying out its mission of serving the nation’s veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) relies extensively on information technology (IT) systems to, among other things, collect, process, and maintain personal information on ...Read more >

To all readers, we are very excited about this issue. This is a special edition of the Journal of Information Warfare (JIW) and the first of its kind where we have collaborated with the Information Assurance Directorate ...Read more >

In recent years, a concept known as "information warfare" has become popular within certain circles of the U.S. defense establishment. The concept is rooted in the indisputable fact that information and information technologies are.. ...Read more >

RAND perspectives (PEs) present informed perspective on a timely topic that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All RAND perspectives undergo rigorous peerreview to ensure high standards for research quality and ...Read more >

Let us consider two possibilities for Americas defunct manned space program. One is that this is a temporary hiatus and America will soon be able to again do what it could do in the 1970s and put small capsules in low earth ...Read more >

Defense Group Inc. (DGI) performs work in the national interest, advancing public safety and national security through innovative research, analysis and applied ...Read more >

India and Pakistan, born out of a single British-ruled entity in 1947, have continued an implacable rivalry marked by periodic wars and hostilities as well as through ...Read more >

Information warfare is not currently defined in U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) or U.S. Army doctrine, but it is a term found in ...Read more >

Threats to systems supporting critical infrastructure and federal information systems are evolving and growing. Advanced persistent threats—where adversaries that possess sophisticated levels of ...Read more >

Acceleration. Magnification. Diffusion. Entropy. Empowerment. The global environment and the international system are evolving at hypervelocity. A consensus is emerging among policymakers, scholars, and practitioners that recent sweeping developments in information technology, communication, transportation, demographics, and conflict are making global governance more challenging. Some argue these developments have transformed our international system, making it more vulnerable than ever to ...Read more >

This study explains how one part-time interagency committee established in the 1980s to counter Soviet disinformation effectively accomplished its mission. Interagency committees are commonly criticized as ineffective, but the Active Measures Working Group is a ...Read more >

In todays economy, Big Data is big business. Data brokerscompanies that collect consumers personal information and resell or share that information with othersare important participants in this Big Data ...Read more >

The U.S. militarys conventional superiority is eroding. Anti-access weapons threaten traditional modes of U.S. power projection, and non-state actors are acquiring advanced technologies that will increase their lethal ...Read more >

Foreign policy is a plan of action developed by governments in order to deal with questions concerning international issues and ...Read more >