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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Psychological Operations"”.
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Do psychological operations benefit from the use of host nation media?
Organizing and conducting effective psychological operations (PSYOP) in support of strategic, operational, and tactical objectives is a complex endeavor fraught with many challenges. The challenges include: a general negative attitude towards PSYOP / deception operations, the emphasis on kinetic …
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Wilderness of Mirrors: Optimizing Psychological Operations to Counter the Global Jihad
… more specifically deception, covert action, and psychological operations (PSYOPS). The current utilization of PSYOPS is ineffective at countering propaganda and mobilization in the Global Jihad Movement, therefore it must change. Through the change in PSYOPS and through the use of other tools of …
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IDENTIFYING INFLUENCERS FOR PSYOP
… from which he or she receives information. U.S. Psychological Operations (PSYOP) personnel focus on influencing foreign target audiences in their audience’s own language but have been slow to adapt to the use of social media as a means of influence. Drawing from principles used in influencer …
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The Taliban the Second Time Around: The Evolution of Taliban Strategy and Tactics and Future Scenarios For Afghanistan
… towards the use of improvised explosive devices, psychological operations, and hit-and-run tactics because the Taliban has recognized that it cannot defeat Western troops in a conventional battle. The sanctuary that Pakistan provides to the Taliban in the border regions has allowed the Taliban to …
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Hauntological Warfare: Explorations in Propaganda, Influence Campaigns, and Online Affect
… means. Drawing from concepts like hauntology, psychological operations (PsyOps), and disinformation aesthetics, I examine how propaganda does not simply vanish once its immediate goals are achieved, but instead lingers—reshaping memory, identity, and cultural narratives through what I call …
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Understanding Russian Hybrid Warfare: A Comparative Case Study Analysis of Soviet Active Measures and Russian New Generation Warfare
… a popular Western term for contemporary Kremlin operations that directly target adversaries without conventional force. Often described as the mistaken "Gerasimov Doctrine" or "New Generation Warfare," Russian Hybrid Warfare operations utilize unconventional tactics to achieve grand strategy …
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Risky Business: The Economy of Self-Management in Eighteenth-Century British Fiction
… threats melted away. What was left were the psychological operations of an individual forced to read social cues, knowing that failure to do so meant inviting the condemnation of others. The greatest risk to an individual now came from their own mind when they failed to discover and perform …
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Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Peru, 1962-1966
Insurgency and counterinsurgency in the developing world were crucial aspects of the global Cold War. Economic, political, religious, and social factors created tensions at the international, national, and local levels that drove conflict. Scholars can gain an increased understanding of these …
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(Mis)understanding Afghanistan: an ethnographic examination of 'human elements' affecting the nexus between understanding and strategy in population-centric conflict
(Mis)Understanding Afghanistan is an ethnographic examination of human elements affecting the nexus between understanding and strategy in population-centric conflict during the US/NATO engagement (2001-2015). Fieldwork traces processes of knowledge production that delineate three primary …