Understanding and defending against Russia's malign and subversive information efforts in Europe / Miriam Matthews, Alyssa Demus, Elina Treyger, Marek N. Posard, Hilary Reininger, Christopher Paul.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Matthews, Miriam (Behavioral scientist)

Contributor:

• Demus, Alyssa.
• Treyger, Elina.
• Posard, Marek.
• Reininger, Hilary.
• Paul, Christopher, 1971-
• International Security and Defense Policy Center.
• Rand Corporation.
• United States. European Command.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Information warfare--Russia--Evaluation.
• Information warfare--United States--Forecasting.
• National security--Europe.
• National security.
• Information warfare.
• Forecasting.
• Evaluation.
• Europe.
• National security--United States.
• United States.
• Russia.

Physical Description:

xxix, 145 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2021.

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.

Contents:

• Introduction
• 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
• Appendix A: Overview of Terms and Definitions
• Appendix B: Scoping the Framework of Russia's Malign or Subversive Information Efforts
• Appendix C: Russian Malign or Subversive Information Efforts in the Balkans.

Notes:

• Title from PDF document (viewed August 12, 2021).
• "RAND National Defense Research Institute."
• "Prepared for United States European Command."
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-145).
• Description from electronic resource.
• See also RAND/PE-198-OSD.

ISBN:

• 1977403352
• 9781977403353

OCLC:

1266312499