Book/Printed Material Understanding and defending against Russia's malign and subversive information efforts in Europe

Title

• Understanding and defending against Russia's malign and subversive information efforts in Europe

Summary

• The increasing frequency and intensity of information aggression targeting the United States and its European allies demands more thorough consideration of concepts and practices for protecting against, resisting, and mitigating the effects of psychological manipulation and influence. Russia in particular appears to use messaging and intimidation as part of its efforts to influence multiple actors and countries, including the United States and its European allies. Unfortunately, concepts and practices for understanding and resisting the potential effects of efforts conducted by Russia and its agents are few. To address this, United States European Command (USEUCOM) asked the RAND Corporation to identify strategies for defending against the effects of Russia's efforts to manipulate and inappropriately influence troops, government decisionmaking, and civilians. The authors describe apparent efforts conducted by Russia and its agents involving the use of information to shape Russia's operating environment, focusing on the European context; review and apply existing research on influence and manipulation to these efforts; and draw from existing practice to describe possible defensive approaches for USEUCOM and its various partners to consider using when defending against these actions. The framework the authors apply offers a way to conceptualize the objectives, tactics, and tools of Russian information efforts in Europe.

Names

• Matthews, Miriam (Behavioral scientist), author
• Demus, Alyssa, author
• Treyger, Elina, author
• Posard, Marek, author
• Reininger, Hilary, author
• Paul, Christopher, 1971-
• International Security and Defense Policy Center
• Rand Corporation
• United States. European Command

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2021]
• ©2021

Contents

• Framework for Conceptualizing Russia's Malign or Subversive Information Efforts -- Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures in Russia's Malign or Subversive Information Efforts -- Application of Research on Influence and Manipulation to Russia's Malign or Subversive Information Efforts -- Defending Against Malign or Subversive Information Efforts.

Headings

• -  Information warfare--Russia--Evaluation
• -  Information warfare--United States--Forecasting
• -  National security--Europe
• -  National security--United States
• -  Guerre de l'information--Russie--Évaluation
• -  Guerre de l'information--États-Unis--Prévision
• -  Information warfare--Forecasting
• -  National security
• -  Europe
• -  Russia
• -  United States

Notes

• -  "RAND National Defense Research Institute."
• -  "Prepared for United States European Command."
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-145).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xxix, 145 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• U163

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739297

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739297

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/2024739297

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