Influence operations shape what people believe is normal, true, and urgent through repetition, identity cues, emotion, and social proof. In protection, influence can prime hostility, inflate rumors, and enable coercion or targeting. This hub covers mechanisms of influence and how to detect and blunt them early.
Cognitive 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
Influence Operations
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
Disinformation
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