Surveying New Battlegrounds: Ukraine and the Future of Cognitive Warfare
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=d~8ZYJi9YG" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=d~8ZYJi9YG</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.18.4.2587" target="_blank" >10.5038/1944-0472.18.4.2587</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Surveying New Battlegrounds: Ukraine and the Future of Cognitive Warfare
Original language description
Cognitive warfare (CW) has emerged as a decisive battlespace in modern conflict, shifting the focus from physical terrain to the perceptions and resilience of societies. This article analyzes the Russian Federation's application of CW in Ukraine since 2013, contrasting it with the strategic concepts developed by the People's Republic of China (PRC). Russia's approach, rooted in Soviet-era maskirovka and reflexive control, integrates cyber operations, disinformation, and the use of non-state proxies, including private military companies, organized crime, and the Russian Orthodox Church, to destabilize adversaries and manufacture uncertainty. In response, Ukraine has demonstrated remarkable resilience through a whole-of-society mobilization, effectively countering Russian narratives and leveraging a volunteer IT Army. China’s CW strategy emphasizes narrative dominance and systemic persuasion to achieve its goal of "winning without fighting". The article argues that while Russia’s brute-force methods have revealed strategic weaknesses, China is learning from these mistakes. By narrowly focusing on conventional warfighting, some Western governments risk being outmaneuvered in this critical domain, making the lessons from Ukraine essential for understanding the future of global security.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Strategic Security
ISSN
1944-0464
e-ISSN
1944-0472
Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
177-189
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105027671533