The paper explores cognitive warfare and its implications in hybrid warfare, emphasizing differing strategies between the West and Russia.

Cyber & Information WarfareInformation OperationsPropaganda & disinformation campaigns

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Summary

The paper discusses the emerging concept of cognitive warfare and security as it pertains to hybrid warfare, particularly highlighting the differences in approaches between Western countries and adversaries like Russia. The author emphasizes the rise of cognitive operations in the digital space, focusing on disinformation campaigns and the manipulation of decision-making processes as key tactics of hybrid warfare.

Classification

Confidence: High

Classified as an aggressor event because the paper discusses the strategies employed by Russia in cognitive warfare and disinformation, which are key components of hybrid warfare targeting Western nations.

Source URL

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c01a/01d3564b138b0ab019ac16ef7a7c7f24703f.pdf

Open source

Provenance

Publisher: extension
Submitted: Feb 1, 2026, 00:14 UTC
Last updated: Nov 8, 2026, 21:31 UTC
Event time: Jan 1, 2015, 00:00 UTC

Published as a hybrid-warfare signal with a public source and reviewer-approved assessment bands. See the methodology for how records are assessed.

Raw record

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  "status": "approved",
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  "source_reliability": "C",
  "info_credibility": "3",
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Public assessmentReliability: StrongSeverity: MinorAttribution: MediumSingle sourceTime: UnknownLocation: Unknown

Source reliability

Info credibility

Event time

Jan 1, 2015, 00:00 UTC

Event time confidence

unknown

Location

Cyberspace

Region

Cyberspace

Primary actor

Russian propaganda operations

Country

Unknown

Tags

Cognitive Warfare, Disinformation, Hybrid Warfare, offensive cyber operations, Decision-Making

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