Information Operations

  • Information Operations: The Primer I’ve (You’ve) Been Looking For

    Steve Tatham speaks with unimpeachable authority. Unlike more academic treatments, Information Operations provides real case studies backed up with Steve’s intimate involvement in many of them as a former Royal Navy information professional who served across the UK defense establishment in and out of uniform. On a personal level, I was delighted to find that…

  • Cyberpsychology as a Strategic Asset: Expanding Target Audience Analysis in Defense Operations

    More and more people are online doing more and more things on more and more devices. As internet connectivity becomes ubiquitous, the psychological undercurrent of human experience—from living mostly…

  • Inside China’s Information Campaign to Strengthen their Position in the Global South

    Chinese Communist Party’s Information Operations Growth in the Global South to Strengthen Global Hegemon Nathan Weil, February 14th 2024 The information battle is the future avenue through which coalitions…

  • The Sickle and the Trident

    The modern conflict between Ukraine and Russia is steeped in history. In many ways, the two nations are fighting over an origin story. To the Ukrainians, they are proud descendants of the Kievan Rus nation that started in Ukraine. Russia, on the other hand, considers Ukraine to be a rebellious province that is masquerading as…

  • Russian Information Warfare in Chechnya

    The roots of the Russian Information Warfare doctrine largely stems from Russia’s experience in Chechnya in the late 1990s. Understanding the Russian experience in the Chechen wars can help us learn more about their motivations for their actions in the present Ukraine conflict and other Russian influence operations.

  • Active Measures by Thomas Rid

    If you use this link to purchase this book, Amazon will donate a portion of the proceeds to Key Terrain Cyber. “Active Measures” by Thomas Rid is an intellectually…

  • The Misinformation Age by Cailin O’Connor and James Weatherall

    If you use this link to purchase this book, Amazon will donate a portion of the proceeds to Key Terrain Cyber. “The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread” by…

  • You it’s me, standby for deepfaked traffic, over.

    Former Commandant of the Marine Corps General Al Gray was known for many “Grayisms”, but one that always comes to mind is “if you want a new idea, read an old book.” (Hamid, 2015, #)  In many ways Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) “wisdom” falls in line with this thinking; using new technology in an old way. …

  • War in 140 Characters – by David Patrikarakos

    “War in 140 Characters” by David Patrikarakos is a compelling examination of the digital revolution’s impact on warfare. Patrikarakos skillfully navigates the complex terrain of social media, demonstrating how…

  • A Stark Exploration of Modern Conflict – “Likewar: The Weaponization of Social Media”

    In “Likewar: The Weaponization of Social Media,” P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking embark on an eye-opening journey through the digital battlegrounds of the 21st century. This timely and compelling book provides a comprehensive examination of how social media has become a weapon of mass disruption, fundamentally changing the landscape of modern conflict. The authors…