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The Cognitive Crucible

Jan 26, 2021

During this episode, James Farwell discusses his views on strategic communications and information warfare. He contrasts Russian and Chinese modern warfare strategies and uses many historic and modern vignettes to support his assertions. NIKE, he asserts, has mastered the art of strategic communications with their...


Jan 19, 2021

Prioritizing and funding cognitive and information-related capability is challenging. During this episode, Mark Mitchell recaps recent efforts within the Department of Defense as well as other United States government interagency efforts which have not reached their full potential. Bio: Mark Mitchell is a former...


Jan 12, 2021

What influence plays are being run against us? How do they work? And how are they countered or co-opted? During this episode, Alan Kelly discusses strategic communications and how his Taxonomy of Influence Strategies may be used to see past the messaging and into the motives of competitors. His recently published...


Jan 5, 2021

During this episode, John Davis draws on many decades of special operations, information operations and cyber-related experiences and passes along advice to today’s military information professionals who are on the front lines of modern warfare. Since the mid-1980s, information operators have worked hard to gain trust...