Commentary in italics by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] The National Defense University Press published a study titled "America Must Join the Fight for Strategic Cognitive Territory."
This is a policy article about the development vector of Infopsy in the USA in the near future. There is a lot of interesting and useful information, but the most valuable is in the "Recommendations and Conclusions" section, which briefly outlines the development directions, first of all, of the Pentagon in the field of information operations.
Disinformation of the enemy.
Strengthening intellectual property protection, tightening election controls, and educating citizens on how to spot “fake news.”
Changing the management structure in INFOPSI.
The Joint Headquarters should be encouraged to consider consolidating cyber operations, electronic warfare, military information operations, civil affairs and all other joint information functions under the auspices of a single directorate - for example, the Office of Cognitive Dominance.
Training of specialists.
The US military must also create professional specialists trained to scour the Internet and social networks for enemy propaganda. These "Cyber Scouts" will monitor the gray zone social spaces where the trolls hide. The purpose of their intelligence will be to identify asymmetric narratives that require immediate refutation.
Automation of detection.
AI Cyber Scouts must manage virtual agents in social networks operating on a virtual battlefield. The AI data could then be used for joint operations to identify and destroy troll farms and other exploiters as part of dismantling gray propaganda networks.
Detection speed.
Employees fighting for the information space should not waste time responding to every misinformation. Instead, they must immediately provide commanders with clear information when opportunities arise to undermine the enemy's credibility.
Precise adjustment to the audience.
Collaborative teams should include professionals who understand the culture of the target audience. Experts in linguistics, anthropology, and the like will enhance the ability of planners to identify what might resonate with specific populations. Collaborative teams should include psychologists and sociologists to turn profiles of the collective unconscious into compelling content.
Using hack for infopsy.
Collaborative teams need to expand their connectivity to mainstream communication channels to reach their target audience as much as possible.
Constant search for new technologies and methods
Currently, the US military lacks the knowledge, powers, capabilities, technologies necessary to protect society from gray propaganda.
(c) @budni_manipulyatora
PS. A number of theses coincide with the conclusions from the articles of Shoigu's adviser A. Ilnitsky about mental wars. In the United States, this direction is usually called "cognitive warfare" and is supervised at the level of Pentagon structures, as well as NATO command structures.