Shaping What is Known: Opportunities for the Operational Artist

Abstract

What is known is the key strategic-operational question of the twenty-first century, driving the behaviors and actions of friendly and adversarial actors. The ability to influence what is known through the planning and execution of operations in the information environment is critical achieving of strategic objectives while deterring and countering adversaries or hostile actors. Influencing perceptions and attitudes in this operational space to drive a target audience's desired behaviors is likely to be the difference between success and failure in future operations. What is known becomes the decisive point in any operational design of the 21st century.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 20, 2021
Accession Number
AD1153988

Entities

People

  • Robert H. V Shaffer

Organizations

  • National Defense University

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  • Cyber
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  • Black Sea
  • Business Administration
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  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • European Union
  • Fake News
  • Geography
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • International Law
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  • Military Facilities
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  • Nato
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  • United States
  • United States European Command
  • Warfare

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  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies

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  • Space