Cognitive Warfare

Klappentext

This book explores the conceptual, historical, and ethical issues of information conflict to present a detailed analysis of cognitive warfare. This book will be of much interest to students and researchers of intelligence studies, ethics, security studies, and International Relations.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Part 1: Information, Democracies, And Cognitive Warfare

Chapter One: On Grey Matters in Cognitive Warfare

Using Information: Propaganda, PSYOP, And Brainwashing

Institutionalised Violent Conflict: War, Genocide, Terrorism

Cognitive Warfare: Cognition And Warfare, Information War, And Semantic Preservation

The Way Forward: Grey Matters in Ethics and Politics of Cognitive Warfare

References

Chapter Two: The Information Age and Democracy

Information Is Gold Dust and Gunpowder

Information As Meaningful and Powerful

The Five Vs of Big Data

Information And Democracy

Democracy In an Age of Information

Conclusions

References

Chapter Three: Beyond Information, Influence, And Interference

Foreign Policy and Information Operations

Grey Matters in Information Operations: The 2016 US Presidential Election

Informed, Exploited, And Coerced

Conclusions

References

Chapter Four: On Information, Intelligence, And Power

Information, Intelligence, And Information Operations

Oligopolisation Of Intelligence

Information Conflict and Informational Power

Diplomacy And Intelligence: Information And Soft Power

Military And Intelligence: Information And Hard Power

Transitions And Information as Rough Power

Conclusions

References

Part 2: Histories Of Cognitive Warfare

Chapter Five: Grey Matters in International Relations: From Military Deception to Political Conflict, To Cognitive Warfare

Military deception: Anything goes must go

National security and interstate political conflict

Cognitive warfare: Zersetzung and International Conflict

Conclusions

References

Chapter Six: Grey Matters in Domestic Activities: Subversives, Terrorists, Institutional Actors, People

Subversives

Terrorists

Institutional Actors

People

Conclusions

Chapter Seven: Grey Matters in Technologies: From Terrorism to Insurrection

Stochastic Terrorism and Social Media

Psychographic Profiling and Perspecticide

COVID-19 And Conspiranoia

Insurrection And Intervention

Conclusions

References

Part 3: Ethics And Cognitive Warfare

Chapter Eight: Hypocrisy, Grey Matters, And Norms in Cognitive Warfare: Matters of Inconsistency and Why Inconsistency Matters

Facts Of Inconsistency: Opposition To Cognitive Warfare

Realpolitik: Interests And Cognitive Warfare

Attacking And Defensive Inconsistency: Hypocrisy, Whataboutery, And Cognitive Warfare

What Inconsistency: Regular or Required Norms

Institutional Character, Accountability, And Cognitive Warfare

Why The Grey Matters for Cognitive Warfare: Pragmatic and Political Arguments for Consistency

Conclusions

References

Chapter Nine: Foundational Moral and Political Values

The Value of Moral and Political Substance

Moral Norms and Values

The Substance of Moral Value: Human Dignity

The Substance of Political Value: Political Autonomy

Defending, Protecting, Aggressing, And Getting One's Hands Dirty

Conclusions

References

Chapter Ten: The Limits and Futures of Cognitive Warfare

Is Cognitive Warfare Actually a Risk? To Democracy: From Polarization to Division Toxic Content: Flood the Zone with Shit

Beyond Content: Post Reality Technologies

Critical Infrastructure and Liberal Democracies

Stepping Into the Light: Conclusions on Cognitive Warfare

References

Index