Emerging Intelligence Paradigms in the Russia–Ukraine War: CROWDINT, CITINT, and the Digital Battlespace
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60162694%3AG42__%2F26%3A00564621" target="_blank" >RIV/60162694:G42__/26:00564621 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.obranaastrategie.cz/en/archive/volume-2025/1-2025/articles/emerging-intelligence-paradigms-in-the-russia-ukraine-war.html" target="_blank" >https://www.obranaastrategie.cz/en/archive/volume-2025/1-2025/articles/emerging-intelligence-paradigms-in-the-russia-ukraine-war.html</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.25.2025.01.193-211" target="_blank" >10.3849/1802-7199.25.2025.01.193-211</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Emerging Intelligence Paradigms in the Russia–Ukraine War: CROWDINT, CITINT, and the Digital Battlespace
Original language description
This article investigates the emergence of new intelligence disciplines catalysed by the war in Ukraine, revealing the obsolescence of legacy models in technologically saturated conflict environments. It examines the operational integration of crowdsourced intelligence (CROWDINT), citizen intelligence (CITINT), and AI-enabled analytical tools, which together enable real-time situational awareness and decentralised decision-making. The analysis highlights the increasingly critical role of commercial providers offering GEOINT, CYBINT, and digital HUMINT services, and how these sources are leveraged by both state and non-state actors. Russia’s cognitive warfare strategies—targeting public perception and strategic ambiguity—are juxtaposed with Ukraine’s use of AI-supported verification, resilient digital ecosystems, and participatory intelligence networks. Drawing on these dynamics, the article contends that the conflict marks a paradigmatic shift in intelligence generation, requiring NATO and allied structures to reorient their doctrinal frameworks, invest in emerging capabilities, and institutionalise digital-era intelligence practices to address the complexity of modern warfare.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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
Obrana a strategie
ISSN
1214-6463
e-ISSN
1802-7199
Volume of the periodical
25
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
193-211
UT code for WoS article
001523157500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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