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 | INFORMATION WARFARE: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS By Catherine A. Theohary
Information warfare is hardly a new endeavor. In the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, Persian
ruler Xerxes used intimidation tactics to break the will of Greek city-states. Alexander the Great
used cultural assimilation to subdue dissent and maintain conquered lands. Military scholars trace
the modern use of information as a tool in guerilla warfare to fifth-century BC Chinese military
strategist Sun Tzu’s book The Art of War and its emphasis on accurate intelligence for ...Read more > | 19 Pages 859.25 KB |
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 | REDEFINING INFORMATION WARFARE BOUNDARIES FOR AN ARMY IN A WIRELESS WORLD By Isaac R. Porche III et al.
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 past
doctrine.1 What is in today’s DoD lexicon is the term information environment, the “aggregate of individuals, organizations, and systems that
collect, process, disseminate, or act on information” (U.S. Joint Chiefs
of Staff, 2010b). Joint doctrine (e.g., JP 3-13.1) makes clear that “there
is an electromagnetic spectrum portion of the information ...Read more > | 178 Pages 1.21 MB |
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 | LESSONS FROM OTHERS FOR FUTURE U.S. ARMY OPERATIONS IN AND THROUGH THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT By Christopher Paul et al.
Over the past few decades, the global information environment (IE) has seen significant changes driven by use patterns and evolving technology, including the merging of
the wired and wireless worlds and the continuous expansion of the cyberspace domain.
The contemporary IE can be characterized by its unprecedented breadth, depth, and
complexity, but also by its ubiquity, hyperconnectivity, and exponential growth. Of
special significance is the emergence of developing countries in the IE, ...Read more > | 66 Pages 986.33 KB |
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 | THE CONDUCT OF INFORMATION OPERATIONS By Headquarters, Department of the Army
ATP 3-13.1, The Conduct of Information Operations, provides Army leaders and information operations (IO)
professionals with essential information necessary to integrate IO effectively into their unit’s operation. It
guides leaders to synchronize information-related capabilities (IRCs)—such as military information support
operations, cyberspace electromagnetic activities, military deception, and operations security—to achieve
effects in and through the information environment that ...Read more > | 118 Pages 5.18 MB |
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 | THE GEOPOLITICS OF INFORMATION By Eric Rosenbach, Katherine Mansted
Information is now the world’s most consequential and contested geopolitical resource. The world’s most profitable businesses have asserted
for years that data is the “new oil.” Political campaigns—and foreign
intelligence operatives—have shown over the past two American presidential elections that data-driven social media is the key to public
opinion. Leading scientists and technologists understand that good
datasets, not just algorithms, will give them a competitive ...Read more > | 32 Pages 1.34 MB |
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 | THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT: COMPETITION & CONFLICT
The Information Environment (IE) is a unique space that demands our understanding,
as the Internet of Things (IoT) and hyper-connectivity have democratized accessibility,
extended global reach, and amplified the effects of its weaponization. Our strategic
competitors and adversaries have been quick to grasp and employ it to challenge our
traditional advantages and exploit our weaknesses.
Russia and China confront us globally, converging IE capabilities with hybrid ...Read more > | 70 Pages 2.42 MB |
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 | HANDBOOK OF RUSSIAN INFORMATION WARFARE By Keir Giles
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 > | 90 Pages 418.25 KB |
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 | JOURNAL OF INFORMATION WARFARE By Dr. Leigh Armistead
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 > | 111 Pages 3.01 MB |
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 | WHAT IS INFORMATION WARFARE By Martin C. Libicki
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 > | 110 Pages 3.93 MB |
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 | RAND CORPORATION By Lynn E. Davis
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 > | 14 Pages 260.47 KB |
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