nstead, itshould initiate discussions with the Russian military to calm their anxiety and demonstrate ourwillingness to cooperate in this area much as wedid in the nuclear area during the cold war

Reflexive controlinvolves creating a pattern or providing partialinformation that causes an enemy to react in apredetermined fashion without the enemy realizing that he is being manipulated

The authorities in Moscow recognize this and are trying to gain controlover a most dangerous situation in their view

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Control over information and the systems that produce it is not centralized;neither is it the near-complete monopoly of government that defined the systems of deterrence during the nuclear age.Therefore the means to detect, control, and respond to such intrusions need to be developed far beyond those requiredby the nuclear threat.

The ability through international law,specific applications of information technologies, or the monitoring of "perception management" to deter aninformation assault on the territory of a sovereign state.

initial phase of a conflict toweaken the command and control ability of the opponent and then, in theform of an information campaign during the actual battle, to create a positiveview within the international community

The risk of the two latter occurring is considered as low.

The term ‘information warfare’ was first used by the USA and NATO within its C2W framework,on 2 December 1992, by the US Department of Defense.

Russia notes the importance of information warfare duringthe initial phase of a conflict to weaken the command and control ability of theopponent and in the form of an information campaign during the actual battle tocreate a positive view within the international community

per se a valuable asset, which it needs to protect in times of peace andwar.

Russia is developing capabilities for information warfare(IW) and information operations (IO)

To really deal with this crisis we need to recognize centralization — of social media, of ad networks, of media ownership, of power over our daily communication, and in many other areas related to news publishing — and poor media literacy among the public as crucial underlying causes that need to be tackled.

Yesterday I noted that the intelligence report on Russian hacking devoted an awful lot of space to RT America, the Kremlin-funded cable TV network. That struck me as odd since I don't think RT had much influence on the election. Shortly after I wrote that, I got this tweet: And this email: I think you underestimate the influence of RT on the Jill Stein and "Never Hillary" crowd among Bernie supporters. This is only one aspect of delegitimizing the center. A leftist progressive friend who works on Syrian refugee issues was really disturbed by how many on that part of the spectrum think Putin is just dandy. And this from Vox's Zack Beauchamp:Ads by ZINC3 The ODNI report focuses, to an almost surprising degree, on RT — the Kremlin’s international, English-language propaganda media outlet. The report contains several striking observations about RT’s reach, message, and proximity to the Russian government.

Yesterday I noted that the intelligence report on Russian hacking devoted an awful lot of space to RT America, the Kremlin-funded cable TV network. That struck me as odd since I don't think RT had much influence on the election. Shortly after I wrote that, I got this tweet: