Book/Printed Material Rivalry in the information sphere : Russian conceptions of information confrontation Russian conceptions of information confrontation

Title

• Rivalry in the information sphere : Russian conceptions of information confrontation

Other Title

• Russian conceptions of information confrontation

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.

Names

• Grisé, Michelle, author
• Demus, Alyssa, author
• Shokh, Yuliya, author
• Kepe, Marta, author
• Holynska, Khrystyna, author
• Welburn, Jonathan William, author
• United States. European Command
• International Security and Defense Policy Center
• Rand Corporation

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2022]

Contents

• Information Confrontation in Historical Perspective -- Information Confrontation in Russian Strategy -- Information Confrontation Through the Ukrainian Lens.

Headings

• -  Information warfare--Russia (Federation)
• -  Psychological warfare--Russia (Federation)
• -  Hybrid warfare--Russia (Federation)
• -  Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Ukraine
• -  Ukraine--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation)
• -  Diplomatic relations
• -  Hybrid warfare
• -  Information warfare
• -  Psychological warfare
• -  Russia (Federation)
• -  Ukraine

Genre

• Informational works

Notes

• -  Title from PDF document (title page; viewed August 18, 2022)
• -  "Prepared for the U.S. European Command"
• -  "RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE"
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-138)
• -  See also RAND/RR-A198-7
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xvi, 138 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• UB277.R9

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739182

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739182

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739182

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