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Cognitive warfare (CW) consists of any military activities designed to affect attitudes and behaviours, by influencing, protecting, or disrupting individual, group, or population level cognition. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is an extension of information warfare using propaganda and disinformation .
The fifth dimension of warfare complements the four classical dimensions: land, sea, air, and space. It was enunciated in 1995 as information operations. [1]This is part of core U.S. military doctrine, that recognizes at least five dimensions, or "domains of warfare" for which it is responsible: [2]
The Cognitive Domain is a new dimension of competition, beyond the land, air, cybernetic and spatial domains. Warfare in the cognitive domain mobilizes a different and wide range of strategies, tools, and techniques. Tomabechi's research project name in the field of cognitive warfare is: Internal Representation in Cognitive Warfare.
An emerging field of Strategic Psychological Operations is the "Battle of the Narratives". The battle of the narrative is a full-blown battle in the cognitive dimension of the information environment, just as traditional warfare is fought in the physical domains (air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace).
The BBC World Service faces “cognitive warfare” and “overwhelming threats” from “a tsunami of bad actors”, the corporation’s director-general Tim Davie has said.
While China has adopted the idea of information dominance, its method for going about information dominance differs, using ancient political warfare methods such as the Thirty-Six Stratagems. [21] [17] The PLA has also increasingly stressed an operational concept called "cognitive domain operations." [22]
Proactive cyber defense, means acting in anticipation to oppose an attack through cyber and cognitive domains. [1] Proactive cyber defense can be understood as options between offensive and defensive measures. It includes interdicting, disrupting or deterring an attack or a threat's preparation to attack, either pre-emptively or in self-defence.
The center is subordinate to the Cyber and Information Domain Service branch alongside multiple IT and Electronic Warfare battalions and consists of around 1000 soldiers. One project of the German PSYOP forces is the radio station Stimme der Freiheit (Sada-e Azadi, Voice of Freedom), [53] heard by thousands of Afghans.