The Bear Influenced the Mountain

Abstract

The twenty-first-century information environment compels the United States to rethink how it employs information as an element of national power. The United States needs to update its information operations strategy to compete and win in the future operating environment. Similarly, an appropriate first step toward developing a unified American information strategy is to develop an understanding of Russia's. The Russian incursion in Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea present a unique case study in a mostly successful information warfare campaign effectively coordinated from strategic to tactical.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 20, 2021
Accession Number
AD1177966

Entities

People

  • Scott C Demarco

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Case Studies
  • Corporations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • Gray Zone
  • Handbooks
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • International Law
  • Military Doctrine
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Public Diplomacy
  • Russia
  • Social Media
  • Strategic Communications
  • Terrorism
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Strategic Security Studies