Operating Under Cognitive and Operational Overload. There are moments in this work that never make it into doctrine. You are driving. The principal is in the back. The schedule is already tight. A venue change lands at the last minute. A staff message arrives with a screenshot and two words
Storytelling has evolved from a branding tool into a strategic shield in contested perception spaces. It started with a Wall Street Journal article about companies paying serious money for storytellers. Most mornings, when I don’t work out, I meditate, then have my coffee and read the news. This one
I remember a discussion we had during our international relations class, back when we still called the system “unipolar”. Someone asked what the world would look like if it slid back toward multipolarity. What framework would we use? How would we know we were already there? Looking back, one of
I grew up in movement. Team sports, solo sports, and a lot of time on the tatami. Martial arts were not a hobby; they were like a second home. I lived in that world of repetition, bruises, discipline and respect. In the 80ies and 90ies, you did not just practice
How AI, Sharp Power, and Digital Proximity Redraw the Protection Battlefield So, if in 2016 the RAND article I used for my Disinformation and Cognitive Warfare paper called it the Russian “firehose of falsehood” propaganda model, today we are not dealing with a hose anymore. Automated accounts, synthetic video and
For me, hybrid is where state and non-state actors intersect, often with deniability, so that “ordinary” crime, activism or online noise can serve strategic aims.