Operational Cyberpsychology: Adapting a Special Operations Model for Cyber Operations
Author(s): Spitaletta, J. (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory) Invited Perspective Preview This paper conceptualizes operational cyberpsychology as a field that supports missions intended to project power in and through cyberspace (Joint Staff, 2018) by leveraging and applying expertise in mental processes and behavior in the context of interaction amongst humans and machines (Norman, 2017). […]
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An Agenda for Disinformation Research
Speaker(s): Garland, J. (Santa Fe Institute) Date: 20 July 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Dr. Joshua Garland (Applied Complexity Fellow, Santa Fe Institute) as part of its SMA IIJO Speaker Series. Dr. Garland defined disinformation as “false misleading or inaccurate information disseminated with the intent to deceive.” Disinformation must be countered because it undermines individuals’ […]
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Cognitive Defense of the Joint Force in a Digitizing World
Author(s): Wright, N. (Georgetown University, University College London (UCL), Intelligent Biology and New America) Report Preview How can we defend the humans in the Joint Force—and its key support networks—from adversarial information operations in our digitizing world? Service personnel, their families and friends are human. Adversaries and other destabilizing forces threaten to sow disruption amongst […]
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Strategic Influence: Applying the Principles of Unconventional Warfare in Peace
Author(s): Jones, R. (United States Special Operations Command) Invited Perspective Preview “The most important aspect of our containment strategy is that it serves to contain ourselves,” former President Dwight Eisenhower reportedly observed after he had left office. Perhaps the greatest problem facing the United States in the post-Cold War era is not our waning ability […]
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Emerging Neuroscience and Technology (NeuroS/T): Current and Near-Term Risks and Threats to US—and Global—Biosecurity
Author(s): Giordano, J. (Georgetown University; US Naval War College); DiEuliis, D. (National Defense University) Invited Perspective Preview There is increasing interest and effort in developing improved tools and methods through which political, military, and intelligence operations can influence the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral patterns of peer competitors and adversaries. The brain sciences are affording new […]
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Narrative Intelligence: Separate Signal from Noise
Speaker(s): Griffith, G. (EdgeTheory) Date: 15 July 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session Mr. Greg Griffith (Chief Product Officer & Co-founder, EdgeTheory) as a part of its SMA IIJO Speaker Series. EdgeTheory’s methodology and technology combines human analysis and artificial intelligence to help people understand the theories, conversations, and narratives that shape their world. […]
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The Three-Body Problem: The US, China, and Russia
Speaker: Michèle Flournoy (WestExec Advisors) Date: 14 July 2021 Speaker Session Summary SMA hosted a speaker session with Ms. Michèle Flournoy (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors) as a part of its SMA INSS/PRISM Speaker Series. In a conversation with Mr. Michael Miklaucic (NDU), Ms. Flournoy emphasized that China is a major economic competitor and an emerging military […]
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Innovation With Allies Now—The US, UK, and Forging a Technological Edge
Speakers: Representative James R. Langevin (Democrat, Rhode Island, US Congress); Representative Michael J. Gallagher (Republican, Wisconsin, US Congress); Chi Onwurah (Labour Party, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for Digital and Business, UK); and Lord David Willetts (Conservative Party, Member of the House of Lords, Former Minister for Universities and Science, UK) Date: 8 July […]
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Assessments of Operations in the Information Environment for the Eastern Mediterranean and South China Sea
Author(s): Lee, H. (TRADOC G-2); Donahue, J. (TRADOC G-2); Hunter-Chester, D. (TRADOC G-2); Sleevi, N. (TRADOC G-2); Jobe, N. (TRADOC G-2) Report Preview In support of the USAF and the SMA, the TRADOC G-2 Modeling and Simulations Office (M&SO) employed the Athena Simulation to assess a series of research questions posed by the Air Force, […]
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On Education and Training for Operations in the Information Environment
Author(s): Levis, A. (George Mason University) Invited Perspective Preview The Services and the Joint Staff provide both professional military education as well as academic education through the various schools, colleges and academies. These elements are currently working on developing courses and modifying curricula to address the guidance provided by the 15 May 2020 policy CJCSI […]
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