Influence and Escalation - Implications of Russian Chinese Influence Operations for Crisis

Technology-enabled influence operations, including disinformation, will likely figure prominently in adversary efforts to impede U.S. crisis response and alliance management in high-risk, high-impact scenarios under a nuclear shadow.

List of contents

CONTENTS
Executive Summary V
Introduction 1
1 | Project Objective and Scope 2
2 | Influence Tactics, Techniques, and Trends 5
3 | The Information Ecosystem and Digital Influence Technologies 11
4 | Exploring the Connection between Influence Operations and Escalation Risk 19
5 | Key Findings and Recommendations 28
Appendix A: Russia-Focused Scenarios 32
Appendix B: China-Focused Scenarios 42
About the Authors 51
Endnotes 53

About the author

By Rebecca Hersman; Eric Brewer; Lindsey Sheppard and Maxwell Simon

Product details

• Authors: Eric Brewer, Brewer Eric, Rebecca Hersman, Rebecca Brewer Hersman, Hersman Rebecca, Lindsey Sheppard, Maxwell Simon
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781538140451
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4045-1
• No. of pages: 72
• Series: CSIS Reports
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Eastern Europe, Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Warfare and defence, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet