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Rivalry in the information sphere : Russian conceptions of information confrontation

Title: Rivalry in the information sphere : Russian conceptions of information confrontation / Michelle Grisé [and five others].
Author: Grisé, Michelle
Publication: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2022]

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xvi, 138 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Information and information technologies infuse all parts of modern society-in peacetime, during periods of strategic competition, and during wartime. Since the early 2000s, advanced information technologies for rapidly sharing, processing, and analyzing data have had a significant effect on the character of Russian military operations. An examination of the Russian military-scientific literature reveals the centrality of the concept of information confrontation in Russian military strategy. Information confrontation, or informatsionnoe protivoborstvo (IPb), is a distinct element of Russian strategic thinking in the post-Cold War era. Russia sees itself as being in a constant state of information confrontation with the West as it tries to expand its own dominance and prevent its adversaries from gaining influence. In this report, the authors examine prevailing definitions and types of information confrontation, and they discuss the historical evolution of Russian (and Soviet) influence operations and psychological warfare, from 18th-century Imperial Russia up to the Vladimir Putin era. As a fundamental element of Russian strategy, information confrontation is evolving from something primarily carried out to supplement traditional means of waging war into something that is carried out continuously and in peacetime to shape the operational environment so that it will be malleable in future conflicts. The authors also analyze the experience of Ukraine, which has been the subject of one of Russia's most comprehensive IPb and hybrid warfare campaigns in recent years. Ukraine offers a window into the present-day role of IPb and Russian activities and intentions in the information domain.

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Informational works.

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"Prepared for the U.S. European Command"
"RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE"

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-138)

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See also RAND/RR-A198-7

Contents

Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Information Confrontation in Historical Perspective -- Chapter Three: Information Confrontation in Russian Strategy -- Chapter Four: Information Confrontation Through the Ukrainian Lens -- Chapter Five: Conclusions -- Appendix: Related Terms.

Call Number

JFE 22-4734

ISBN

197740717X
9781977407177

LCCN

10.7249/RRA198-8

OCLC

1344301572

Author

Grisé, Michelle, author.

Title

Rivalry in the information sphere : Russian conceptions of information confrontation / Michelle Grisé [and five others].

Publisher

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2022]

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Type of Medium

unmediated

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volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-138)

Additional Formats

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format

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