PSYOP http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/ en Withering Influence in National Security http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/withering-influence-national-security <article data-history-node-id="123320" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/jrnl/art/withering-influence-national-security" rel="bookmark"><span>Withering Influence in National Security</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Mon, 07/15/2019 - 1:23am</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">This essay is meant to demonstrate that a unified influence activity achieves the greatest efficiency necessary to challenge the persistent efforts of our traditional adversaries, to seize initiate in the information domain, to exploit opportunities with emerging methods and technologies. Political Warfare by our adversaries are present in common rhetoric: “Russian Election Meddling, Islamiphobic, Chinese Hacking”. This language can be found in any newspaper and blog on a daily basis across the US, across political boundaries.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/withering-influence-national-security" rel="tag" title="Withering Influence in National Security" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Withering Influence in National Security</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Mon, 15 Jul 2019 05:23:32 +0000 SWJED 123320 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Brand Loyalty as Currency: A Discussion of the Connections Between Fundamental Economics and Military Information Support Operations http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/brand-loyalty-currency-discussion-connections-between-fundamental-economics-and-military <article data-history-node-id="86060" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/brand-loyalty-currency-discussion-connections-between-fundamental-economics-and-military" rel="bookmark"><span>Brand Loyalty as Currency: A Discussion of the Connections Between Fundamental Economics and Military Information Support Operations</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Sat, 03/03/2018 - 1:42am</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> A key to potentially improving influence efforts may be found in economics, in a concept called Consumption Theory.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/brand-loyalty-currency-discussion-connections-between-fundamental-economics-and-military" rel="tag" title="Brand Loyalty as Currency: A Discussion of the Connections Between Fundamental Economics and Military Information Support Operations" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Brand Loyalty as Currency: A Discussion of the Connections Between Fundamental Economics and Military Information Support Operations</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Sat, 03 Mar 2018 06:42:07 +0000 SWJED 86060 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Countering ISIL’s Digital Caliphate: An Alternative Model http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/countering-isil%E2%80%99s-digital-caliphate-an-alternative-model-0 <span>Countering ISIL’s Digital Caliphate: An Alternative Model</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Fri, 06/16/2017 - 10:00am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> ISIL’s notion of a Caliphate is aligned with the concept of a <em>community</em> rather than of a<em> state</em> and strategic focus is on psychological rather than territorial control.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/countering-isil%E2%80%99s-digital-caliphate-an-alternative-model-0" rel="tag" title="Countering ISIL’s Digital Caliphate: An Alternative Model" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Countering ISIL’s Digital Caliphate: An Alternative Model</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:00:12 +0000 SWJED 70884 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com