US Targeting Foreign Information Warfare
December 29, 2019
The US military’s Cyber Command is reportedly preparing information warfare tactics to discourage Russian senior officials and private elites from interfering in the 2020 US elections. For some deeper background, an Arizona State University professor recently explored in Issues how nations or other groups can use advanced information technologies, services, and tools to drive “weaponized narratives” designed to undermine an adversary’s institutions and culture, why the United States is particularly vulnerable to attack, and what it can do to prevent or counter emerging challenges.