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Inside the Hybrid Zone

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Protection in Shifting Domains

Inside the Hybrid Zone

A foiled assassination plot. A chief executive shot in Manhattan. A 25 million dollar deepfake video call. Sabotage by recruited minors. Each is a different shape. Each is the same problem. The gap between the lanes is the working environment of high-end protection, and almost no one reads it.

The mind beats the sword, again

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The mind beats the sword, again

Iran's Lego videos are not propaganda in the classical sense. They do not ask you to admire Iran. They ask you to complete a thought you were already having about your own government. It is aikido: the force that takes you down is your own.

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Define safe

People love saying the world is “safer” after Iran was hit. Fine. Define safe. If energy chokepoints are under pressure, NATO is strained, hybrid warfare is rising, cyberattacks intensify and trust in institutions erodes, then no, the world is not safer. It is more brittle.

Two Wartime Videos, one Battlespace

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Two Wartime Videos, one Battlespace

Two wartime videos. Two propaganda languages. One polished and state-centered, the other mythic and identity-driven. Different aesthetics, same strategic aim: to shape perception, steer emotion, and compete over meaning long before facts are weighed in depth.

The Invisible Army: Bots, Trolls, and the Architecture of Cognitive Warfare

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The Invisible Army: Bots, Trolls, and the Architecture of Cognitive Warfare

Armies of bots and human trolls now operate at industrial scale. The tactics are old. The cost has collapsed. This briefing maps the architecture, names the effects, and tells you what protection practice needs to look like in this environment.

Inside the Noise: How Narrative Became the New Risk Domain.

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Inside the Noise: How Narrative Became the New Risk Domain.

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

Stories That Kill, Stories That Protect

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Stories That Kill, Stories That Protect

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

Beyond the Firehose

Beyond the Firehose

The real risk is not one big lie that everyone suddenly believes. It is a slow grind where people no longer trust that anything in their feed is solid. Truth does not vanish; it fragments. Trust does not suddenly disappear; it erodes and retreats into small islands:

Protection in the hybrid zone

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Protection in the hybrid zone

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.